There is a Buisness over here in "Northern Illinois" that is doing the same thing with his cars.
I frequent the Team Chevelle sight also and a young kid just bought a "numbers Matching" Cortez Silver 1970 L-78 Chevelle convertible for $70,000.00.
He asks if anyone can help him Authentic the car.Again why he does this AFTER he pays for the car and brings it home to Atlanta is beyond me.
I know right away what car this is.It was in Iowa in 1994 in the Auto Trader for 33k or best offer.
I went to look at the car.I didn't know Taiwan made smog equipment and other big block parts in 1970?
It was framed off and had the wrong numbers on the block.They restamped it with the Body Sequence number off the cowl tag.The trans was not original,nor the rear end.
The date code on the block was after the car was built.
The dealer we will call "Tony",Had bought this car from the Iowa seller and relisted it for $155,000.00.He was claiming it to be 1 of 8 made.It sat in his showroom for 6 years.He bought the remaining strip mall stores next to him to enlarge his Car Buisness so he needed cash.He graciously came down on the price of this car.
Last I heard the new car owner was seeking legal recourse.From what I hear he has to get in line.
As stated before,this is inexcusable
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[Edited by mr70 (06-22-2001 at 02:21 PM).]