INTEREST CHECK-SVT Certificates

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Wondering if anyone would be interested in me making/getting some made.Don't know what price would be yet but it would be less than ford is charging.Also I would need some one with a certificate to send it to me so I could get a match of paper style and see it there is any water marks/raised seals or writing on it.If someone has one they would like to donate(maybe from a car that has been totaled)if not if some one would let me borrow one it would not be damaged.If I can not get on then I would need a few hi res pictures and very detailed description,then go from there.If I could not get the paper matched I would get them close enough to frame it and not notice a difference.

not to bash the idea but wouldn't coping a certificate in that detail be copyright infringement

also to help you out some come with signatures of the current SVT staff while some have reported getting ones that are signed by the staff at the timet he car was made

If they put the copyright symbol on the certificate and I MADE a profit off of the sell of them then yes it would be.I just want to do it mainly because I think its stupid to charge the price they are.Only reason I am going to charge for them is to buy the paper and ink.Only thing I will get out of this will be a certificate(Put off getting mine and now I'm not going to pay to get one)and I dont want to buy a ream of paper for just one,nor have I seen one close enough to know what they look like to be able to make my own.

I think the Singnatures are put on the Certificate when they are printed so the most recent signature would be the one one all the newer ones.

sorry but.. a certificate of authenticity is not interesting if its fake....

just my opinion
but still its a good intention

True but some people still want them for garages or for shows.

yea youre right..i have mine in a frame for my room and for show

This thread gets huge WTF.

Originally posted by SVT3Rivieres:
sorry but.. a certificate of authenticity is not interesting if its fake....
just my opinion
but still its a good intention

It's an interesting idea, but I'm with SVT3Rivieres, the whole point of the certificate is to certify that the car is an SVT.

Would you make one up for me? I would like a really low build number, but you choose. I suppose # 1 would be a little obvious. How about 13? Oh wait, I don't have an SVT, just a lowly V6.

although its not authentic its not a bad idea. i feel its kind of like having a extra set of floor mats. i own the svt set but dont use them. same goes for the certificate, i have the original but would rather display the copy. just my two cents.

Originally posted by cinder:
although its not authentic its not a bad idea. i feel its kind of like having a extra set of floor mats. i own the svt set but dont use them. same goes for the certificate, i have the original but would rather display the copy. just my two cents.

Then go photocopy the original and display the copy.. what a concept...

Imagine that a smart a$$ reply...what a concept

Originally posted by cinder:
Imagine that a smart a$$ reply...what a concept

well its true, no denying that.

Originally posted by todras:
This thread gets huge WTF.

bad idea... but then again its probably only going to appeal to the people who have normal Contours and attempt to make them look like the SVT versions with installing the bodykit and swapping seats...

please for the love of god abandon this idea.. for those of us who truely do own a genuine SVT we will call the SVT hotline regardless of costs associated with it if we want the certificate for our records.

If you do go ahead with this don't be surprised if someone reports you to Ford or the SVT division for handing out false certificates.

Ok so I guess I will just make my own.I never seen a true certificate so I dont know if there are any raised parts(like type or a seal)thats why I didn't just go with a photo copy.Mods go ahead and lock this.