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XBM I agreed with you totally when I first read your response, but when I thought about it a little more what if someone purchased the the original ebay car and found the clone, took the vin's and parts off to restore the original car. Then scraped the clone shell. I would feel comfortable, legally and ethically, owning the restored original car with the vins in place as long as the process could be documented. I also feel (maybe rightly or wrongly) a court would find the finished original car and the restorer's actions legitimate I know a crime had been committed by the earlier actions but what if someone made a drag car out of the original car and in the process removed the vin's then decided to put the car back on the street. Ah the age old question continues......