So, about that rebodied Yenko Deuce.......

[L78steve]

IMO,That car no longer exists.Only its parts.The original body is the main piece of the car when its gone its gone.

[nuch_ss396]

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IMO,That car no longer exists.Only its parts.The original body is the main piece of the car when its gone its gone.

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Define original! The whole body, the firewall, etc.?

Any panel that could have been replaced through GM parts
should still make a car original. About the only part on
my Camaro that survived was the firewall. Does that make
my car non-original?

I'm willing to bet that there are more re-bodied cars out
there than we know about ( now )...

[L78steve]

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IMO,That car no longer exists.Only its parts.The original body is the main piece of the car when its gone its gone.

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Define original! The whole body, the firewall, etc.?

Any panel that could have been replaced through GM parts
should still make a car original. About the only part on
my Camaro that survived was the firewall. Does that make
my car non-original?

I'm willing to bet that there are more re-bodied cars out
there than we know about ( now )...

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[L78steve]

Original is original.If you have a original car with replaced quarter panels then its all original except the quarter panels.

[Allen]

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IMO,That car no longer exists.Only its parts.The original body is the main piece of the car when its gone its gone.

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But with a Yenko Deuce, it was the drivetrain that made it special, not the body. Every Nova got a shell. They all didn't get LT1's and special 4.10 geared rear end.

[rich p]

Its like taking ALL the body parts out of a human(Mr Smith) and putting in another donor body. Would you still call the new donor body Mr Smith? NO

Car flips overend 10 times(destroyed)and you put a 6 cyl car next to it and take the drivetrain out and swap into the 6 banger. Is that still worth ALL the money? Its worth a clone price..

The guy who bought the ZL1 at BJ's didnt know it was a rebody untill I told him a few months ago and he had NO clue.He NO longer wants this car but cant get his money back from a previous auction.(car bombed)

It was OK when they were trading hands around 100K but a few owners down the road and 1 million dollars later(Houston we have a PROBLEM)

[Allen]

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Its like taking ALL the body parts out of a human(Mr Smith) and putting in another donor body. Would you still call the new donor body Mr Smith? NO



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We're talking about a machine... a car... not a living breathing creature (a person) with a unique soul and personality. I've heard that analogy before, but could never see the relationship.

[COPO]

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The guy who bought the ZL1 at BJ's didnt know it was a rebody until I told him a few months ago and he had NO clue.He NO longer wants this car but cant get his money back from a previous auction.(car bombed)[quote



If a ZL-1 sells for ~50% of the market price in a public auction, how on earth could a reasonable person not think something was up? It's a shame the buyer did not realize until after the fact.

[nuch_ss396]

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The guy who bought the ZL1 at BJ's didnt know it was a rebody until I told him a few months ago and he had NO clue.He NO longer wants this car but cant get his money back from a previous auction.(car bombed)[quote



If a ZL-1 sells for ~50% of the market price in a public auction, how on earth could a reasonable person not think something was up? It's a shame the buyer did not realize until after the fact.

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That's a simple question to answer. Everybody wants to get
something for nothing ( or a great muscle car cheap ). When
then find out it's not the steal they thought it was, they
want out.

[69LM1]

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Its like taking ALL the body parts out of a human(Mr Smith) and putting in another donor body. Would you still call the new donor body Mr Smith? NO

Car flips overend 10 times(destroyed)and you put a 6 cyl car next to it and take the drivetrain out and swap into the 6 banger. Is that still worth ALL the money? Its worth a clone price..

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Certinly more than a clone, although not what a original body matching (Hey, New Term!) mighe be. In the scenerio above, what about a new body, but the "brain/Soul" transferred to that new body? ie Driveline.

Rich