[sYc]

What if the other owner (tags) has gone through the proper channels and has a clear title? Lets say a salvage title, where it is legal to combine two cars to make one. I am sure this person would not surrender the tags without a fight and/or compensation. Most likely a issue for the courts to decide.

Also, if Berger goes to have a trim tag made, what codes does he put on it, not knowing how the car was equipped?

As I told him in a PM, IMO, the car is best left as a race car, where these matters are not of such great importance. IMO, the only way I see that the car could be of major value would be if the original tags were reunited with the original body. Otherwise, there will always be this cloud of mystery (missing tags) hanging over the car.