proper yenko rebody? (in new hemmings)

[firstgenaddict]

"proper rebody" isn't in my vocabulary...

[Lynn]

Kind of like a "legal crime"

[mockingbird812]

which "Hemmings"?

[black69]

its in the latest feb hemmings motor news, 69 camaro, blue, $250K obo. I did not keep track of all the details of this car when it was discussed on this website as a forsale car, but the new term 'proper rebody' just caused me to ask what are the real details behind the term when its used in a serious publication like hemmings (plenty will be reading that). To me its properly restored or its something else. Properly rebodied is either properly restored or its not properly restored. just got to know what I am missing in this hobby with this new term I am not sure of.

[Hylton]

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Kind of like a "legal crime"

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Like taxes?

[jbsides]

The dividing line of what is and what is not a rebody has never been clear to me.

Supposing you have a shell with a good firewall with intact tags and hidden vin, but quarters/roof/rockers, etc. are replaced. You also replace the doors/fenders/subframe/hood, filler and rear valance panels and then (topping it all off, but not really germain) install a "matching numbers" drivetrain and everything else.

Rebody?

[old5.0]

In my opinion, once you've replaced every square inch of the car besides the firewall, that's a rebody. If you had to replace that much of it, that car was dead.

Legally, however, it's a different story. As long as the VIN's aren't disturbed, it's acceptable, I think.

[jbsides]

I'll give you a for example. I used a shell with intact frame rails, roof, and quarters that required patch panels. Floors have also been patched. Former drag car so the rockers also required rework and the frame machine (I almost replaced them). I used my own tailpan/filler/trunklid/doors/hood/fenders/subframe/radiator support, etc., and dropped in my own drivetrain.

Rebody?

[PeteLeathersac]

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I'll give you a for example. I used a shell with intact frame rails, roof, and quarters that required patch panels. Floors have also been patched. Former drag car so the rockers also required rework and the frame machine (I almost replaced them). I used my own tailpan/filler/trunklid/doors/hood/fenders/subframe/radiator support, etc., and dropped in my own drivetrain.

Rebody?

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Others may have a different opinion but mine is even though this needed extensive repairs it's not a rebody being no Tags or Vin locations were transfered or ever separated from each other also the intent wasn't to transfer a firewall w/ Tags/Vin locations to another body..


~ Pete