Isn't that what ALL reproduction parts are intended to do? Give the appearance of, or replicate the look of an original part?
I would disagree with “all “reproduction parts Being built to deceive. Carburetors, distributors, anything that gets re-stamped into the housing with an original part number/or a date code fits into a different category. And obviously, it only matters in concourse class and at auction or at time of sale anyway. All the other classes don’t judge to the same level as they do in concourse. When selling a restored vehicle, most people will disclose all of the reproduction parts that have been used during the restoration of a vehicle. Some will not disclose if the engine block, transmission, distributor, alternator, carburetor have been replaced with “show only “parts.
It comes down to the dollar and the value of the car with or without the correct parts on it. Sellers tend to get amnesia when they list the description of the car. There have been 6-figure cars that have rolled across the auction block that didn’t have a single original part that was born on that car,but everything magically reappeared when it came time for the big show. That’s what happens when it goes from a hobby to a business.
The white body in this photo is a roller, no engine, no trans. It was bought that way in about 1990. It was/is a RAIV four speed ‘70 Judge. It currently is restored, had changed hands for six figures and, oddly enough, is now numbers matching. Patrick
When things become rare, valuable and sought after, your going to have people reproducing it. And when there is money to be made, your always going to have unscrupulous people who will try and pass off fake parts as real parts. The trick is you have to be able to spot the fakes. I dont care what it is, it could be a carb or a whole car. It's not real until it's proven it is. Either by my own knowledge or the documentation the seller provides Look at the corvette world, the restampers have gotten so good at thier craft, you have to hire guys like Al Grenning to inspect the broaching marks on the pad with a microscope.
So now he's peddling his fake carb on ebay. Hmmm.....no mention of it being a restamp. He's officially a scumbag
There was another thread that was worse than that after the retard thread he deleted it quicker than I could screenshot it.
I will buy all the plated and dyed/restored Q-jets you want to do for me Brian.. for 300 bucks... the real world price for that is more than double that number. I was getting $500 for that job (lot of work and not a big moneymaker) 10 years ago. A couple guys came along and started doing them, I was happy to stop building carbs for a while.. but after recent experiences with those carbs, I have started building them again. Disassemble, clean, strip, plate, dye and phosphate, then reassemble, your looking at 6 hours labor.. Plus a $130 complete parts kit from Ruggles... plus the core charge.. $750 complete... That would be the value of the carb in question here... assuming it's been put together with good parts. When I first saw this add, and looked at the pictures, I concluded that the op knew it was a restamp, and was just selling it as a good running/looking replica. I had to chuckle at those of us who thought they were going to buy a $4000-$5000 carb for 800 bucks. But considering his juvenile posts on the board here, I would not buy a Popsicle from this clown. I would caution others against doing business with him, based on his input here. JW
