Tell me what you think about this Voltage Regulator... Thank you

[Pacecarjeff]

I just received a note from a customer that his regulator is a re-stamp.

Now I have had these in my collection for 20 years when I was out pulling parts.

The numbers are not lined up perfectly, but I have seen this over and over and is not uncommon.
Please let me know what your opinion is as I have been restoring these for decades, and would never do that.

The 8B is off... original or fake?

[bcmiller]

Here is another. Same date but it is not the same item. This one was pulled from an eBay listing.

[Pacecarjeff]

Thank you Byron.  It is exactly the same.  I would never have a need to re-stamp a silly regulator, I have 500 of these and they take up a lot of space. lol


Jeff

[Pacecar]

Have seen this on others. Seems like there is often one month or period when the stamp marks don't align. $1,600 distributors and alternators get re-stamped. No one re-stamps voltage regs. There are so many of them used across many GM makes

[KurtS]

Agreed. It's legit. Exactly like the ebay one.
Not sure how you would even restamp a sheetmetal part like this.

[Pacecarjeff]

Well the guy reported me for selling counterfeit items.  And even though he has called me for advice in the past would not accept a call from me for an explanation.

[bcmiller]

That's sad. Hopefully you can get good results. Have him contact me for discussion.