Okay Rrum, this is your fault.......here's a story I usually only tell locally because I think it works better live than in print. But, I'll take my best shot since it ties in with your bottom paragraph/story segment.

A few years ago my late buddy Bubba put together a very nice '40 Ford Standard sedan. He dropped a small block Chev in it, but dressed it up like a vintage Olds engine: Olds valve covers (before the aftermarket began producing them), a mid-50s Olds air cleaner, a generator, and the signature Olds green paint with gold lettering on the valve covers. He was a wizard at creating an original looking vibe under the hood of almost any car he did. Still, to the well informed the exhaust manifolds, water pump, and general shape/size was recognizable as a sbc.

We were parked at a GG event, sitting in the shade near our cars and all day long we listened to various folks express their opinion on the engine. Some recognizing immediately it was an imposter, others biting on the hook, but then, one guy stood out as the most humorous commentator. He stared under the hood for awhile, waving his arms and commenting to his buddy along side and then turned to us as we were the nearest bodies. "Your car?" he asked. Bubba said "Yes". He says, "It's so nice to see a vintage Olds engine instead of a cookie cutter 350.". It was all we could do to not roll on the ground laughing as he turned to walk away. Embroidered on the back of his wind breaker was the legend, "Oldsmobile Club of America". Another example of people is people..............