Rebodied cars and do they get certified

[amuseme]

Boy, I'm really enjoying this! Apparently there is no legal description of just what portion of a car makes it "a car". I posted this point before on another site, think it's worth a re-hash.....you can pay a resto. shop to replace each and every panel and it's a "restoration, new or n.o.s. stuff, new work, and new money. Or you take the numbered parts and cut the rest of the "car" away from them (catch that?), and slide in a "body", sorry, " collection of panels" that some uaw workers put together 30-35 yrs ago, new parts,new work, and new money. You simply paid a larger shop after the fact.Please tell me you get it that you can remove the rest of the body from the "juicy parts" instead of removing them from the body!

[Racefan]

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Please tell me you get it that you can remove the rest of the body from the "juicy parts" instead of removing them from the body!

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Walking a fine line there.

Can you take your license plate off your LeMans blue 69 Camaro and put them on your Garnet 69 Camaro and drive it? Nope, that would be illegal. Will it work? Yep, until you get caught. Same prinicple applies.

[amuseme]

Can you take your license plate off your LeMans blue 69 Camaro and put them on your Garnet 69 Camaro and drive it? Nope, that would be illegal. Will it work? Yep, until you get caught. Same prinicple applies.

[/ QUOTE ] Now, if you take the plates AND the vins....

[Charley Lillard]

This will be the 1000 year debate...

[Racefan]

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This will be the 1000 year debate...

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I agree totally Charlie. However, it is my hope that the beauty in a group like ours is that if I were looking to buy a car that had a "questionable" past....someone would PM me, call me, stop by, or whatever. But they would let me know. We can't police the world, nor should we try. But, we can help those out who are looking for answers and doing thier due diligence on a potential purchase. Right? That is all we can do.