Mine is real, came off Gator 137 as I put a new one on 137 when I put it together in 68. If a wanna be what's to live off our success as 119th Gators and Crocs, then all I can say is, with that thought process, they don't make a good pimple on our @$$. Sorry for being so blunt. Jerks like that, make me madder than a draft dodger does. gators 137 and 573