[Stefano]

It seems that even just proof of ownership or interest in a particular rare/desirable/historic vehicle , sometimes with no regard to originality ,is and has been accepted by the "Hobby' as a whole, just to varying degrees.

In my opinion the rebody phenomenon became prevelant with Vintage Road race cars many years ago, where the chassis numbers and tags were needed to establish a pedigree for a certain venue, Such as Historic Auto Racing. Some of these cars were resurrected with just a tag and no title and visa versa and this became acceptable as it secured the vehicles "spot" in history.

Questions arise when a Rebody is missrepresented and when market values are taken into account.

We have referred to 'The Shelby World Registry' which has long ago found it necessary to define various types of similar situations , which we are currently discussing.

I for one, feel betrayed when a particular vehicle is held out in the public eye as one thing, but in trun is actually something else. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/confused.gif[/img]