[Zedder]

It's not a matter of hypocricy at all...

"What is the difference between a car with new fenders, hood, floors, quarters, trunk and maybe repair around the windshield and rear window and a car that has been rebodied? "

Simple: It is LEGAL to change out body panels. It is ILLEGAL to rebody a vehicle. Choose the latter and be prepared to face the consequences should a future purchaser find out about the rebody. And it makes no difference if you tell the next subsequent buyer that you rebodied a car. The felony is committed by the person who tampered with the vehicles VIN. Subsequent owners are at risk of losing the vehicle despite not having been party to the actual tampering since ignorance of the felony is not acceptable in court. Don't believe me? Ask the the guy who lost his Black '69 L78 Nova in Ontario a few years ago because a previous owner rebodied the car. I know there were law suits involved but do not know the outcome.

What I find shocking is that so many owners openly talk about their vehicles being rebodied. I had a guy tell me about his '69 COPO Chevelle a few years ago and another fellow called me about 6 months ago trying to sell his rebodied '67 Z-28. What part of ILLEGAL don't these guys understand?

And what about all those beautiful rust free Canadian cars with "GM Canada documentation" that everyone is so hot about? Give me a break, I owned over 20 early Camaros in the mid '70's and every one of them needed rust repair big time. Also know that many a "rust free shell" has crossed the border into the great white North. Buyer beware...