Very good point Rick

Many of you might remember a few years ago when a posted about a certain Daytona Yellow Yenko Camaro and its' history. The car was a local car, that I both raced against and rode in. It was a legit VIN and like a lot of hi-performace cars was cut up for racing. The car was back halved, the floors cut out, full tubs installed, the trans tunnel removed, etc. I thought it would be neat to post the cars history as it was associated with quite a few local racers, including the original owner of the yellow ZL1 Corvette. I researced the car and its' current condition (which is a stock restoration) and found out the car the original body had been cut off and a donor shell welded onto the original dash and firewall. The cowl tags and VIN tag, along with the "hidden" VIn were not removed, but literally 95-98% of the car wasn't the same car that left Norwood..I mean body shell, complete drivetrain, interior, moldings, subframe, etc. had all been replaced with parts from donor cars or NOS. Now to me..that is a "rebody"..and I even used the term in a post...My God, you would have thought I called the Pope a dirty name..lol

In my mind someone saved a neat car, and while I didn't agree with what was done...I would have researched the car and left it alone as a race car when I found out from day 1 that is what it was..I didn't find it to be "morally" worng. After all it is a piece of automoticve history. However quite a few people on here chastised me for "outing" the car and accused me of being malicious. These same people and quite a few others privatley sent me emails saying "thanks for the info" or "neat car and story." I guess when the term "rebody" is used people start getting up in arms, as instead of looking at a positive (the saving of a musclecar) they look at the negative. If you aren't hiding something or aren't going to hide soemthing, should it really matter?? Why should people knowing what was done make a big difference?

The bottom line to me is there isn't a lot of difference between cars with every piece of sheetmetal replaced and a rebody. The shouldn't command top dollar and people shouldn't be worried about others knowing what was done. There shouldn't be a stigma attached to them..they are after all still driveable, fast, fun cars...Just my thoughts..

GSC