Ok, here's my lastest find, now this one, seems to have everything in place. I've noted everything that was mentioned and kindly offered by everyone here on this forum, so I am hoping I have finally had some luck.
This is a MIM 1999 Fender Strat that has had a loaded pickguard (with Lace Sensors) installed, aside from that everything else is stock and original.

http://s834.photobucket.com/albums/zz26 ... strat1.jpg

http://s834.photobucket.com/albums/zz26 ... strat2.jpg

http://s834.photobucket.com/albums/zz26 ... strat3.jpg

Opinions please, is it authentic MIM Fender?

The pics aren't that great, but looks good from what I can tell.

It looks pretty legit, as long as the action and other features that affect playability are in order it should be a great guitar and with the Lace Sensors it should be exceptional.I have an '00 with just the standard pups and it's just a beauty to play.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

Yea...I gotta agree. The pics aren't great but from what I can see, that one does look legit and the lace sensors are a nice bonus (depending on the price). That said, there's not really a lot of detail there either...I'd probably look the guitar over really well in person before I forked over any money (but then, I'd do that with -any- guitar).

Just my $.02 worth,
Jim