[rotorwrench]

I don't worry about such things but I am an amateur historian and value things of historical nature so I can see where this will concern those that are strict about originality.

The caveat to forms of deception: Fine points builders generally want the original parts that came from the factory without substitution. Exceptions are materials that rapidly decay over extended periods of time and exposures like rubber, fabric, glass, and wood structure. Some will take it to the extent where engine blocks and other metal parts are fusion welded to repair cracks or broken areas just to get to the point of total originality. Using any part that was not made by Ford in that time frame doesn't pass as an original genuine authentic part by this standard. The only exceptions seems to be where builders reproduce a part to exacting standards due to unobtainium of such parts. This adds a lot of cost to these type restorations so a person could see why folks that do this could have a problem with substitutions by others even if they are of the same exact appearance as authentic genuine parts. To represent something as authentic and genuine when it actually isn't has a moral and ethical problem attached with it that is hard to justify to the all the folks that recognize it and may have a problem with it.