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I have brought this up elsewhere, but I'll give this example again. This is NOT made up, it is an actual situation in the world today.

Car A (a Yenko Camaro) was found by Collector 1 who determined that it was too far gone to restore. Collector 1 proceeded to purchase the VIN and trim tags off the car and swap them to Car B (plain jane 69 coupe). Collector 1 decided he didn't want anything else off the car and expcted Owner 2 to dispose of what was left. Fast forward to 2005, Car A (real Yenko)is still around and resides with Owner 2 since he never disposed of it. Remember, Car B (plain jane) now has the VIN and trim tags of Car A (real Yenko). Car A (real Yenko) has no tags, BUT does have the hidden VINs which, in a court of law, would make it the official owner of the tags now in Car B (plain jane).

You purchase Car A (real Yenko), restore it and try to title it. Low and behold.....the VIN of your car is assigned now to Car B(plain jane). Legal problems out the wazoo. Why? BECAUSE IT IS WRONG TO SWAP TAGS-- MORALLY, ETHICALLY, AND LEGALLY.

Forget about the rebody issues and all the ancillary crap that is confusing the issue here. If you decide on your own that you want to assign Car B the VIN off of Car A-- you are breaking the law. If you cut every piece of metal out of Car A and replace it but it retains its VIN, you have not broken the law.

What is so hard about this? I am building a 68 Yenko clone. But, I will NOT search out the Magic Mirror trim tag and have a VIN plate made up of some 68 Yenko which has not been found yet. I am not trying to fool anyone. I want the feel and look of a 68 Yenko. When the car is sold in the future, there will be no question if it is real or not. The only thing that I am going to change that may make it misleading to people in the future is to add a BB heater box. That addition is not to mislead, it is for functionality.

For those who don't think swapping tags is wrong. How about if I go ahead and rebuild my 68 using bogus tags and YS# off of one of the KNOWN to be destroyed 68 Yenkos. Would that be fraud? Would you pay BIG$$$$ for that car? Nope, because it isn't real.

[/ QUOTE ] The use of the word bogus killed that point. What's so hard is shown in your post, you say cut all the metal away and the vin is still there so it's real. So the vins are what make it real,yes? So you just replace every thing else and it's still real? It's very hard and not likely to be solved 'tll there is a legal disc. of what exactly makes a car a car....jmho.