[Pantera]

Just as long as you are sure that the clean bill of health came throught a real policeman that used the NCIC crime database you should be safe. You do understand that you still have a big problem don't you? You do not have the original vin number plate. There is a federal law that you are in big trouble if you remove the vin off a car and put it on another. I sure hope you ran both Vin's. You didn't hear this from me but if there are someone out there that is making a real good copy of the factory vin # then you just might want to explore trying to get the proper one or one that looks good enough to fool someone in law enforcment into thinking it is the original Vin plate. Just remember that the NCIC may not have been working back when this car may have been first stolen and I would do a manual search of any states old records that may predate the NCIC or you may regrette it. There has got to be a "REASON" why the vin # is missing and has one from another car on it.

What ever state that the records you were refering about is a good place to start. You don't want someone that used to own the car to come up and claim it out from under you. If it was ever stolen befor the NCIC came into use and it didnot get updated to those files that person still has legal right to that car and all your hard work. Be totally sure of any of your sources that you are relying on and be sure to get it in writing and keep it in a file on the car and never throw it away no mater how many years later it is.