Authenticating A COPO

[William]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Super_Z28</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks again William ... We plan to go through the car with a medical camera scope to verify new VINs were not welded in ... Impossible to finish inside the heater box panel or cowl lip </div></div>

After 37 years in the business/hobby I've seen a lot. I have never re-bodied a car or been a party to it. However it is possible to re-locate the entire panels with the hidden VINs. The heater box panel is particularly easy; just punch out the spot welds. My last Z/28 had right side cowl damage and it took the shop maybe 2 hours to R &amp; R the entire side pod. As for the cowl top Chevy used the same piece on Novas for many years; I think it was about $9 new. It is also spot-welded in place.

There are other better ways of detecting a poor re-body and I'm sure not going to go into them here. But someone who knows the cars well would know how to do it.