personally i am all for repro parts but only because if they are there it will prevent further carriers being pilfered or chopped (my romantic imagination says so) i do believe that these mods should be declared for sure and it is very much down to the owner to do so. i am involved in a reconstruction project at present whereby all of the non salvageable parts or parts new to the boat have been left coated bright green, luckily there is around 98% of that vehicle which is original....now in MV terms this is not really possible as it spoils the asthetics of the machine so what do we do ?
i beleive there is no point stamping the component unless its visable and then by doing so you could ruin the component.... perhaps if this was to be done the MLU family could devise a symbol all be it small bit like the broad arrow which we could spot if we looked for it which would advise of repro or not.
just a thought
I don't believe folk should be passing stuff off as something it is not.... as they say "It is what it is" mind there are very very few carriers out there that can say they are 100% original even during the war
