[si Banker]

I can remember as a high school age kid who was obsessed with cars, especially Corvettes, visiting the local Corvette shop where I lived in Ft Lauderdale. It was 1967 and on any given day there were at least 15 cars, most of them were damaged from traffic accidents or stolen, stripped, and recovered. Each one of these cars were rebuilt and sent back out on the road. It was also customary to modify a 1963 "Split Window" coupe by "split" to look like a newer car. Side vents were changed and anything else you could imagine.

The point is that when I see a ad for a collector car stating "matching numbers" I get curious. How often do you see car ads that state "numbers do not match"? They are not any where near as common.

When the value of a car begins to climb the chance for deceptive activity increases too. The exception to this are cars that have a complete history with out any gaps. It's sad to say as the values go up the cars become to expensive to enjoy such a the Shelby Cobras.