Researching any info re: Paul Cunningham, Competition Cobra privateer

[CompClassics]

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[1ntCobra]

Originally Posted by CompClassics

It was brought up in a previous post and I will post this again as a direct comparison purposes, this is the first registration card with Hasselrig’s name on it that has anything to do with 2049. This is a blown up view of the one Ned provided in an earlier post…..the Barris registration is one that I pulled from the internet, there is roughly 2 months difference for the date of issuance between each……are there any discrepancies? I will add that the Hasselrig document was used as evidence in the court case regarding the title.

The Barris one off the internet looks like it was printed by a computer with a plain "font". The Hasslrig one looks like it was done with a typewriter with a fancier "font", like the double vertical lines through the dollar sign, curved downward line on the 7, small down line on the left top of the 7, small up line on the top right of the 5, etc. The Barris one has a space between characters on the license plate number, but the Hasselrig does not.

Could there be an explanation for the difference in these styles? Perhaps the Barris one was printed by computer for a mass mailing from the DMV while the Hasselrig one was a one off generated at a DMV office? Or does this fit into Michael's forgery idea?

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[1ntCobra]

Originally Posted by CompClassics

Keep looking, your almost there, understand that the basic card without info would be the same either way. Then there is other discrepancies too.

On the Hasselrig version:

The state of California seal is almost entirely faded away and more to the right.

What's up with the black line through the word CALIFORNIA on the registered owner address? Looks sort of like the crease line on the Barris registration.

Is the red printing missing or it just cropped out?

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[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by 1ntCobra

The Barris one off the internet looks like it was printed by a computer with a plain "font". The Hasslrig one looks like it was done with a typewriter with a fancier "font", like the double vertical lines through the dollar sign, curved downward line on the 7, small down line on the left top of the 7, small up line on the top right of the 5, etc. The Barris one has a space between characters on the license plate number, but the Hasselrig does not.

Could there be an explanation for the difference in these styles? Perhaps the Barris one was printed by computer for a mass mailing from the DMV while the Hasselrig one was a one off generated at a DMV office? Or does this fit into Michael's forgery idea?

The Barris one was printed on a line printer. The wavy lines and sometimes irregular character spacing point to a "chain" printer, like a IBM 1403 that needed some PM.