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Originally Posted by NorCam
What about aged tires (as in original molded bias ply) and aged dated spark plug wires, and marked belts, hoses, etc etc. Should we all just get new looking parts and put them on our vintage cars? No, we want everything to look period correct, old and like it belongs to the 50 or 60 year old car that its being paired with. So why would anyone who spends thousands restoring a car with all kinds of dated, restored or NOS parts want to display a bright crispy piece of paper with the car they just poured themselves into?
Again, the issue isn't with the paper, it's with the person who with malicious intent uses it to "deceive".
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Right - so one bad apple spoils the whole barrel. And why should the opportunity exist for that to happen? This isn't an occurrence that only happens once in a blue moon. It happens ALL THE TIME.
So by catering to the enthusiast we open the market up for the deceivers, thieves and the unscrupulous to ply their trades.
Those that sell these Window Stickers don't care. To them it's a business they can make money at. What happens after the sale has nothing to do with them as far as they are concerned.
Maybe the market should borrow the rule of law when it comes to bars serving booze to drunks who get in their cars and cause mayhem and loss. If a case of fraud comes up and it hinges on a fake aged Window Sticker let the creator of such document be held responsible . . . legally.
If there is no penalty, there is no incentive to stop.
It would also make those car with an original Window Sticker that much more valuable.