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#1
11-09-2005, 04:33 AM
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Re: Rebodied cars and do they get certified
Jeff...there are 2 real black COPO Chevelles...Black with a red side stripe which was restored by Mickey Hale and I think is in Arizona and a Black/white stripe California built car which resides in my garage. I can send you to a website where a lot of the rebodied cars originate and reside if you need info on how to rebody a car.
 It must be pretty easy to do...
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11-09-2005, 04:56 AM
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Re: Rebodied cars and do they get certified
Bob .......How do the so called rebody shops treat the original vin? If its even there?
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11-09-2005, 05:02 AM
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Re: Rebodied cars and do they get certified
Don't know Craig...
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<span style="font-weight: bold"> (__{B}_____]]]]~~~~</span>Don't mess with old farts - age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill! Bullshit and brilliance only come with age and experience.
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11-09-2005, 09:38 PM
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Re: Rebodied cars and do they get certified
As someone who PARTED OUT an Original 69 ZL-1 Camaro, I'm following this thread.........and yes today, THAT same ZL-1 with the ONLY Original born with piece being the VIN tag and otherwise TOTALLY fabricated from other 69 Camaro parts lives on, WITH certification.
Chuck
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Chuck Sharin [email protected] Auburn,WA (30 miles South of Seattle) 70 Camaro R/S Z-28, L-78, R/S SS 69 Camaro COPO "recreation"
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#5
11-09-2005, 10:03 PM
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Re: Rebodied cars and do they get certified
Chuck, The question on that car would be was certification done knowing the car was a rebody? If so did the Certification indicate so? Where it gets messy is when you take a $20K car and put a $200K VIN plate on the car and sell it for $250K+ and try to pass it off as one.
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11-09-2005, 10:11 PM
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Re: Rebodied cars and do they get certified
Not a direct followup to the previous post but why do people think that removal of the hidden VIN while making repairs is fraudulent or illegal? There are hidden VINs on many car parts. You are allowed to replace these areas of the car while making repairs.
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11-09-2005, 10:19 PM
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Re: Rebodied cars and do they get certified
Removal of the Hidden/Partial VINs is not illegal, Removing the VIN Plate itself and re-installing it on another car is.
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11-09-2005, 10:50 PM
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Re: Rebodied cars and do they get certified
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Removal of the Hidden/Partial VINs is not illegal, Removing the VIN Plate itself and re-installing it on another car is. [/ QUOTE ] Thank you for restating current state of the law to the above people. I can't stress this enough: There is NO recognozed exception to the illegality of removing a VIN tag from one car and attaching it to another. Period! If you remove the VIN tag from a car during its restoration and then reattach that same tag to the same car it came off of, that is not a crime; that is a repair. The issue of certification as an original COPO or any other vehicle is irrelevent to the fact that the car is now illegal in the eyes of the law.
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11-09-2005, 11:08 PM
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Re: Rebodied cars and do they get certified
That being the law, illegal cars are out there. I guess if found out the car would be impounded, correct Steve?
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#10
11-09-2005, 10:21 PM
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Re: Rebodied cars and do they get certified
Lets take this one step forward. What if someone simply buys the trim and VIN tags only through the mail, no sheetmetal, nothing, attaches these tags to another car, the car gets a certificate, and it sells for big bucks?
Who is at fault? If anyone? Is it buyer beware? IMO, <font color="red"> no </font> but??? 
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