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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bergy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Here's another tid bit - many folks may not know that there is a mandate for all of the individual state DMVs to communicate with each other. I believe that the deadline in PA was this past Spring. Of course, many states are running behind. I personally wouldn't be surprised if there are a lot of vin's that are duplicated in different states. That's gonna be a real dog's breakfast! It just points out the need for ownership documentation folks. You probably remember when POPs were considered rock solid documentation - now, even the experts get fooled. Block stamping - the same way. With the value of these cars, somebody's gonna figure out how to stamp cowls - perfectly. Never say never.
I gotta get back to work on this project - I may not check in for a while - out of country next week. </div></div>

I've mentioned this before, but a few years back I came up with a rough Hemi Super Bee body. Not only missing the dash vin and fender tag, the body stampings had been torched out as well. The previous owner claimed he had no paperwork, and was not interested enough to dig around. I sat on the car for about 6 months, but finally had no choice but to sell what pieces were usable and junk the rest.

I know of a 71 429 CJ Mach 1 in similar circumstances (the orginal selling dealer is still in business and remembers the car well, but has no records to pull a vin off of), and I know of a Cortez 69 Camaro that I'm 99% sure was a COPO, but again, no numbers and no way to find them.

I recall a massive brouhaha in the Mopar commmunity a few years back regarding an extraordinarily well faked 71 383 Cuda convertible pilot car. Until a friend of the original owner stepped forward with pictures documenting that the car was a plain jane 318, rather than a loaded 383, that car had everyone fooled.