Quote Originally Posted by Absinth View Post
There is nothing deceptive in finding an engine in the correct date range for your car. It is impossible to know the engine in your car or any other car is the original engine to that car unless you have the original rego papers or the vehicle identification certificate stapled in the back of the owners guide. Otherwise you are only guessing the engine is original if it is in the correct date range.

An original engine in a car adds no more value to it than a correctly dated engine without documented proof it is the original engine to the car.
If it gets kaido's van on the road I'm all for it!

Deceptive to re-sell any vehicle, claiming it is `original', with a moteur swap. - YES.