LOL....I've been poking at Markness because he put down my jeep and I'm not happy
I wouldn't trust the validity of that jeep considered the owner doesn't give a crap about originality.
Holes drilled in bumper, hood fubared by throwing it up on the windshield, mirror going to fall off....
That owner did what he wanted to it without concern.
Just cause the paint is faded and the jeep is old, definitely does not mean it's correct!!!
I guess you missed the written part where I noted that your Jeep was really nice. Yes, I also followed that with a skeptical query as to the authenticity of its bone-stock appearance. I regret that you took offense to such an innocent question regarding the Laredo glove box badge, but your Jeep was so pristine that I felt it garnered such a request for specific information. That skepticism was also generated by my personal experience of seeing so many early Scrambler Laredo models without the glove box badge. Your response, along with others, seems to have settled the debate and I now firmly believe that some early Scrambler Laredo models did and some didn't include the glove box badge.
In regards to the picture posted above, I have an easier time believing this one is original based upon the appearance that it has obviously not been redone or given much attention. As far as doing what the owner wanted to it without concern, that is often the case for owners whom buy something new or newer, not knowing that it will become a collectible in the future; this Jeep was obviously used as intended and the OP used it as a tow-along recreational vehicle. That hood damage can be quite common, too, when the latches aren't engaged on a CJ and it is driven at high speeds. I remain convinced that this Jeep is very authentic, and thus very unique.