[king_midas]

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No matter what the idiot who is posting that auction says, it is a Federal Felony to rebody a car: i.e. remove the VIN, no matter if it is still attached to a couple pounds of old metal, and attach it to a body it was not originally assigned to.

Let me make it a bit clearer:

THIS VIN IS FLAGGED AND IF THE CAR IS "REBODIED," IT WILL BE SEIZED AND THE OWNER WILL BE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE FELONIES, ALONG WITH ANYONE WHO HELPED HIM CUT AND PASTE THE VIN ONTO ANY OTHER BODY.

Hopefully this is clear to everyone now.

If you want to buy that carcass and try to restore what is left of it into a new car, you can try and do that, but dont even think of removing that VIN and mounting it on another body. Personally (and in my legal opinion), I think you would be crazy to attempt it. You dont need the legal headaches following you, and the car, forever.

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I'm hoping njsteve can clarify what the difference is between this, and a car that needs to have every panel replaced due to rust and/or accident damage.

I'll bet that 90% of the cars owned by members on this board have had panels replaced and/or are not wearing the original drivetrain and/or have had major components restamped. So, what's the difference?

I think for you to go out and get into somebody's business is really just plain sad. So what if someone is going to buy that car and "rebuild" it. Why do you care? If anything, it's another Camaro out there, so it keeps visibility for yours and mine in the form of advertising.

I find your lecture on fraud to be preposterous. Really, I'm sure our penal system needs to have old guys that have rebodied cars in federal prison with murderers.

Maybe you should focus your efforts on some real criminals-- Like our current presidential administration...