[Winchester67]

Engine numbers? Bah! At a car show, somebody walking around wants to see something that looks right. And if they have their kids along, that is even better. Back in the day I had a 1962 Corvette...with the wrong engine. Looked right...air cleaner, valve covers, on and on. And sometimes at a show, people would ask me if it was matching numbers. I always acted relieved and replied with "Man, it looks right, but I don't know. Tell me what numbers I need to look at and what that means." I never had anyone that could answer...they just wanted to run down my car for being "non-matching" numbers because they were jealous I had a car to show and they didn't.

I drive a Backdraft Cobra. I have tried to make the engine look mostly right, but I never pretend it is real. When someone comes to a car show, I want them to have a good time. If looking at a car that mostly looks right, or looks right in their memory, well, I have done my job.