[talwell]

In regards to the original OP posting - lets go over what he is asking here.

He is asking what a "correct or proper rebody" is.

My answer to this is that there is no such thing - a rebody is a new and distinctly different car in itself. That body is and should remain as whatever it was assembled as - the application of trim tags and vin plates does not change what that body was originally built as.

Now when it comes to restoration there will be times when a new or different body will be used in the re-construction of the car to be completed. This would be considered a rebody. To make this rebody as correct as it can be (although it will truely never be the car that the original was) the application of as much of the original drivetrain, interior, exterior body panels and any other parts from the donor car should be used. This will come to complete what is known as a rebodied car and despite the fact that all the original donor parts may be come from a highly collectible or desirable car the newly constructed car will not become what the donor car once was. At best it will become a clone built using OEM and correct parts.