Rebodied cars and do they get certified

[Racefan]

You handle the situation the same as you SHOULD if the bank made an error and added three zeros to your checking account balance. They probably won't find out (actually, they will), but what is the RIGHT thing to do. It is the people who don't do the RIGHT thing that we are talking about. Who here is one of those who would say nothing. I personally would like to know, so I can NOT purchase anything from you in the future.

[PeteLeathersac]

I personally feel it's difficult to comment on what someone should do in any real situations. . Whether right or wrong, lets hypothetically "repair" the imagined ZL1 by a rebody, firewalling....a few different ways and define what these repairs are termed. . I'm not into calling anything bogus....just feel clarification of the definitions is important and everyone can have their own opninon of what's right or wrong. ~ Pete

[SamLBInj]

The Unintentional Rebody Scenerio...
You find a nice fully documented ZL1 needing new floor and trunk pan and interior, ok, you get it done and take it for a ride and get side swiped. Now we put on a new front fender, driver door and rear quarter, primer it all up and go for another ride and get side swiped on the other side and we replace passenger door, front fender and rear quarter and primer it up and go for a drive and park it next to a high rise, you come out of the porn shop and, Bam, a freggin Piano falls on it and crushes the roof, hood and trunk. So we replace those and primer it up and back to the porn shop we go, now while reading our favorite books we come back out and the entire drive train gets stolen so now we go and find some date matching parts and put them in and go and get a new paint job. 10 years and 20 owners later the car sells and somebody gets this beautiful ZL1, fully documented and sells it as original for top dollar...Would it mater if it happened over time or at one time?

[Mr70]

I don't know,but I'd move out of that neighborhood if I was you.

[SamLBInj]

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I don't know,but I'd move out of that neighborhood if I was you.

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I would but I get a pretty nice discount at that porn shop

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

They didn't cut the firewall out, and didn't swap tags. It's just been repaired more times, and more extensively than any car I've ever seen. The moral of your example is to stay out of the stinkin porn shops

[Charley Lillard]

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They didn't cut the firewall out, and didn't swap tags. It's just been repaired more times, and more extensively than any car I've ever seen. The moral of your example is to stay out of the stinkin porn shops

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How do you know the porn shops stink Marlin ?

[camaromb]

I think we can all agree that we all have different levels of "acceptability" in terms of replaced metal. The law is very clear in regards to the vin removal/re-installation. To protect the truly original cars and to protect the buyers of these supercars it would be nice to have a documented history along with each car. The long term supercar enthusiasts could collaborate to compile a accurate history of most of these known cars. Will it happen is another question. There are people who might not like the truth to come out on many of these cars. I would hope that if I happened to spend $ 1,400,000 for instance for some supercars, it might be nice to know I bought a rebody, ex-race car, etc.,etc...
How clean will the hobby become? I think we all can contribute. I for one hope to see this happen in the future.

Mark

[Belair62]

Camaromb....I will be over next week with copies of all your notes and help you complile them....oh never mind I forgot I made copies when you weren't there one day !!!