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Pete, the car will not be boxed even if the owner admits its a restamp. A restoration engine is a polite way to say restamp. The judging is based on "appearance" Bloomington/NCRS promotes restoration/preservation. They do not condone counterfeiting.

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Very informative to say the least and I know this is probably a redundant question for the NCRS/Bloomington guys. But how can they not condone counterfeiting, yet accept restamps? A restamp is a restamp, no more, no less. In other circles of collector cars the stamp pad is 1 of the "Holy Grails", you either have it or you don't. What am I missing here?

[/ QUOTE ] I am with you on the point of the motor being the holy grail, I personally will not buy a car with a restamped motor, thats just my preference. However Tom makes a great point in that there are many great cars/race cars etc. that have had their motors replaced and are restored to factory spec and rightfully so. The problem lies that there is nothing on a Bloomington Gold award or an NCRS Top Flight award that separates a real motor from a restamp and that is what needs to be addressed in my humble opinion. Like Chris said earlier the top collectors know the difference and pay up for it but thanks in large part to the media/auction hype BS and not taking the time to educate themselves a buyer does not have all the information to make an informed purchase.

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Thanks for that reply, that absolutely answers a lot of questions I've had since reading this thread. I'm not that informed on what's acceptible in the Corvette community but this is certainly enlightening. I guess doing due dilligence takes on a whole new meaning regarding Corvettes.