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08-21-2006, 02:47 AM
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Reconstructed Vehicle VIN swap
Hear you go; GNX#298 was destroyed beyond repair and issued a Salvage Title. The car was acquired by a shop. They then proceeded
to swap all of the GNX specific parts to a regular GN. Now hear is the problem…. They also put the VIN from GNX #298 on the GN. The car is now on eBay being sold as GNX #298 with a reconstruction title. When questioned about the VIN swap the owner has “No Comment” eBay Auction for #298 Auction# 170019126493 Link to wreck http://turbobuicks.net/gallery2/v/Philly/album05/ car being reconstructed http://amsleysvw.com/GNX.php
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08-21-2006, 04:27 AM
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Re: Reconstructed Vehicle VIN swap
Check out item no.290020815293 on Ebay
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08-21-2006, 04:39 AM
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08-21-2006, 04:40 AM
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Re: Reconstructed Vehicle VIN swap
Once the VIN from another car was put on the body, the car is ABSOLUTELEY ILLEGAL. I imagine it's already got a redflag on it now and whoever buys it and then tries to register it will lose the car and all his money.
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08-21-2006, 05:28 AM
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Re: Reconstructed Vehicle VIN swap
yea this auction was put up to alert potental bidders..
uote]Check out item no.290020815293 on Ebay [/ QUOTE ]
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08-21-2006, 05:29 AM
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Re: Reconstructed Vehicle VIN swap
the authorities are gonna be alerted from what I understand very soon
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Frank Szymkowski 1987 Mustang GT convertible, scarlet red/titanium, white top and white/red leather, 5 speed, 3.08, factory EQ 1969 GTO Judge Warwick blue/blue, RAIII, 4 speed, tach/gauges, safe t track, flip headlights, 3.55's, ps and radio.
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#7
08-21-2006, 05:41 AM
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Re: Reconstructed Vehicle VIN swap
This guy is about to have a "Real Bad Day".
 I wonder if the Shop that did the work is also liable?
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08-21-2006, 06:36 AM
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Re: Reconstructed Vehicle VIN swap
They were so nice to provide the authorities with documented photo journal of the rebuild...
If you do something illegal why in the hell would you take pictures of it? 
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#10
08-21-2006, 06:57 AM
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Re: Reconstructed Vehicle VIN swap
Yes, the last comment is the best-- Why document? All kidding aside, with the criminals that are currently running around this country, nobody's going to go to jail, unless the car is chopped...
Now, onto a better question: What is the difference between this and some of the trash that has been sold on e-bay that basically needs EVERY panel replaced? A recent thread on the board that I commented on: https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/show...0/fpart/1/vc/1 Or, isn't GM perpetrating a fraud by making new, licensed, pre-assembled Ca-mullet bodies available for purchase? You KNOW people are going to swap vins onto those; is it just understood, and (pat, pat) it's 'okay' because you're helping the good 'ol U.S. economy by purchasing a body somebody had to weld together? Something is rotten in Denmark, Batman... Really, the cases are similar, and known re-bodying is what has always happened in the hobby when something can't be saved/costs too much to save. So, the question is this: If the GN that the VIN was swapped onto was legal (i.e.: Not chopped/stolen, etc...), is moving the VIN still illegal, and if so, why? The seller was up-front, and told of the accident history... Next thing: How would actually repairing that GNX (I'm putting on a helmet and getting my cup in) be any different than cutting EVERY panel off of a Ca-mullet in attempting to repair 35 years of abuse? Doesn't that make the car a re-body as well? I'm playing the devil's advocate here, but it holds some truth.
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