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Owen_Dyneto wrote:
West, as far as stamping versus engraving .... in my view engraving with a correct font is a better option than stamping with the incorrect font - plus it's neater.
I am in total disagreement with you on that one, Dave. Engraving the number
absolutely looks wrong,
plus you would have the wrong font, whereas not many people will recognize a wrong font if it is stamped correctly ... unless the font is so far off or way too big.
In my opinion, if it looks too neat, it looks wrong. That's not to say that some original stampings didn't look well done (such as on Stephen's car, above), but they still look different than engraving.
This, of course, is a minor detail. In my opinion, though, I'd rather have a rough-looking original plate than an incorrectly stamped new plate, even if I had a perfect restoration on the rest of the car.
That brings up a question: What would be wrong or difficult about imprinting the new paint onto an original plate???
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