Quote Originally Posted by HK1837 View Post
True in some cases. Often you see them also with spare part body shells, and only the BODY tag. Paint code is PRIME.
Same thing happened when cars were relatively new with blown engines, especially early XU-1's. If dealer had to fix a busted rod, they'd order a block and piston kit, and the original engine number was put onto the new block. From what I can tell Nasco actually did this, and the busted block had to go back to the zone office to be destroyed. So there are also some matching number XU-1's out there that have a little secret that is unknown to the owner. Who really cares though?
Yeah, who cares exactly. Numbers are boring.