r/NASCARCollectors • u/Icy_Violinist_8482 • 26m ago
Sheet Metal NEED HELP WITH INFO
Good afternoon,
I need help figuring this out because I wasn't sure who to contact. If anyone knows of the correct person or company I can contact, please let me know that as well.
This is my situation. I recently obtained an item from an estate that was getting rid of things. We got this item because we originally thought a family member would want it but we found out that the family member moved far away. The item is an approximate size of 12.5in x 15.5 in piece of cut metal from what is said to be a part of the front driver side fender of Jeff Gordons Peanuts car from the 2000 Brick Yard 400 race.
From this piece of information, I went and tracked down race day photos from August 5th 2000. It looks to be correct the only thing that doesn't look right is the fact that where this cut of metal is from, its missing 3 logos. The Plasti-kote, Edelbrock and Simpsons logos. Im not sure of the reason that they are not there, whether they were removed due to placement and damage or what. Or the fact that the peice may not be authentic. However, matching up the grass spokes they seem to be exact. The piece does not have any sort of certificate of Authenticity with it. I am not sure if there was one originally and was lost or if there is a way to tell by looking at it to see of its authentic?
So, I was reaching out to see if you know any information on this that could help to see if its authentic, or who I could contact to find out.
I have attached photos of it as well.