Trinity Monster Horsepower Pink Label, legit?

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Trinity Monster Horsepower Pink Label, legit?

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Hi,

Recently picked up a Trinity Monster Horse Power motor and wanted to check its not a fake label, I remember on this forum a few years back that there was a number of fake motor labels doing the rounds.

Everything looks legit on the motor, but the decal looks kinda grainy, with lines in it and white showing through, like a cheap print job. What do you guys think?

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that does look a little shady....but lets see what others think
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You want to know if a pink label motor is legit or if your label is legit?
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RC10th wrote: Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:55 pm You want to know if a pink label motor is legit or if your label is legit?
If the label itself is an OG. I'm 99% sure the motor is legit, it has the trinity can and endbell but the label looks sketchy compared to images I've seen on the interwebs.
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i would get a new label from MCI and call it a day
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coxbros1 wrote: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:59 pm i would get a new label from MCI and call it a day
If it was a 2nd hand motor then I would but this was bought as BNIB from a seller so its mint, I also paid $200 for it so I want to make sure its not a knock off.
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I don't know about the white showing through, but those visible horizontal lines in the black look kinda dodgy to me. It looks printed to me.
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snowfox wrote: Wed Mar 17, 2021 9:11 pm
coxbros1 wrote: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:59 pm i would get a new label from MCI and call it a day
If it was a 2nd hand motor then I would but this was bought as BNIB from a seller so its mint, I also paid $200 for it so I want to make sure its not a knock off.
I didnt realize it was nib....possibly got railroaded☹
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Coelacanth wrote: Wed Mar 17, 2021 9:21 pm I don't know about the white showing through, but those visible horizontal lines in the black look kinda dodgy to me. It looks printed to me.
I thought the same thing.. the horizontal lines in the black looks like something printed in draft or a low quality setting.
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Or a inkjet printer that needed the print heads cleaned, that's often the symptom of dirty print heads.
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A couple comparisons
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Brians 2nd pic confirms it....get ahold of Paypal asap!
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Mine's hard to see.... so pretty useless....

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Post by GeneralZod »

Mine exhibits the same lines on the black lettering. I think yours may be legit. My pink label Trinity came from a very old lot of forgotten boneyard motors and I have no doubt about its authenticity. Zoom in and you can see the lines. :D

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yup...lines are there. Safe!
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