[Mark_C]

Again in the case of this crate body or whatever you want to call it, you are not swapping a VIN from one car to another. You can not remove the VIN and hidden VIN stamps from an existing vehicle and then try to use it as a "repair part", as it was once part of a motor vehicle. The "crate body" is not a "motor vehicle" nor was it part of an existing motor vehicle, never was, never will be until you affix your VIN to it, at which point it's no longer a repair part. Think of it as an extensive quarter panel, or floor panel. When you purchase this component (or components) you have to remove and replace (not remove and relocate) the VIN to facilitate the "repair". Granted this is probably pushing the envelope of the federal code quoted above, because the code could never have anticipated that someone would manufacture a replacement body for a car. If it really bothers the Feds they will amend the code to prevent this by specifying that you can not replace more than some percentage of a vehicles original body parts at one time before the car must be scrapped. That would prevent issues with the people who replaced parts 20 years ago due to rust or body damage, and now need to replace other parts to keep their cars running. But somehow I don't think they will change the code at all.

People seem to get their knickers in a twist over this subject because there seems to be some beleif that people are going to run out and built a 100 percent repro vehicle out of this crate body. I don't think that was ever the intention of Dynacorn, and they probably got screwed by the spin that Hot Rod Magazine put on the story when it was published.

How is using this single part any different than someone buying goodmark (or whoever's) quaters, trunk pan, inner and outer wheelwells, one peice floors, firewall parts, Dash panel, cowl panel etc. etc etc. (or worse cutting up another car to get those "original" peices) and welding them up in their garage. As soon as they get to the cowl panel, and dash panel they either have to cut out the hidden VINs and drill out the dash rivets to transfer them to the new "repair pieces", or they transfer their VIN plate and just go get a set of alphanumeric 5/16" (or so) stamp the old numbers into the new sheetmetal. Is it because it seems to be so easy to do, as opposed to piecing it together with individual peices?

How many people have replaced their dash panel because of rust at the base of the glass, 60, 70 percent of Camaro owners? I doubt more that 20 (the number, not a percentage) of them have taken pictures of the VIN transfer, or had any kind of law enforcement present when they did it.