It appears, that I have opened the proverbial Pandora's Box on this issue, and it seems, I do not have any allies...
At any rate, as an example, I would not go on eBay and try to sell a War of 1812 tunic and call it "original" if I went and sewed on a few modern buttons- collectors would hang me for misrepresentation, fraud etc. I look towards my passion of MV restorations in the same light I guess and I hold higher authority to a much more rigid standard.
Maybe I am an undercover member of the "Jeep Police"?