I still put any price difference to 'small' e.g. 95K in your example. It's more about other things. For example, when I bought mine in 1999 it was the most expensive among the alternatives I considered yet had had its engine replaced. I since replaced it again.
A reputable restoration shop told me if a customer requests it, they will stamp the original engine number into the block, which is not hard to do.
I tend not to post in this kind of threads due to my limited experience.
I just thought perhaps, seeing the quoted post, that this may raise some attention and may help somebody realize certain things.
My country is quite a power in car restoration business. This is because there is quite a lot of know how of how to make a dead car an alive one - after communist times, those days this often was the only way to have a car at all. It is (was) for a moderate price. But I think, no offence intended, that some of these practices may be universal across state boundaries. It is all about the owner, the shop's moral spine and the price the car can achieve.
In essence: whichever number you like, in whichever place and in whichever way is required is absolutely no issue to have. Whichever plate with whatever information you need, any mileage you desire (5 digits only!), any kind of documented history down to the 19th century, ownership of any kind, all the way to Henry the 8th who bought the car for Anne for birthday, with a photo - is absolutely no issue. It is only a question of the price these cars can command.
