Steel '69 Crate Camaro

Dynacorn · #1 02-02-2005, 07:26 PM

I think you all should be calling and asking questions instead of speculating. The truth of it is this...# 1 go to our website at www.dynacorn.com and download the new PDF up under Classic Bodies. Secondly, note, the components offered are not a complete body until YOU assemble them. The information on the website and rhetoric in HOT Rod magazine was totally wrong and without substance. Where it is true, there are companies in the US with the jigging necessary to complete the assembly for you, we do not do it and your dealer will not sell you one assembled. Is not going to happen.

The VIN problem is simple. If you are going to be working on your old convertible to restore it. Simply remove the VIN from the old one and attach it to the new one. All the pertinents are the same other than the year of manufacture, and that really doesn't change either as all you are doing is restoring an old car. If you want to buy the components to assemble yourself a Hot Rod, then simply notify the company that is assembling them for you. They can, as licensed Auto MAnufacturers, give you a legal VIN number.

Please feel free to call us at Dynacorn for any further questions.

camarojoe · #2 02-02-2005, 08:45 PM

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The VIN problem is simple. If you are going to be working on your old convertible to restore it. Simply remove the VIN from the old one and attach it to the new one.

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Say what?

**BARN FIND** · #3 02-02-2005, 09:57 PM

I went to the website, it appears that Dynacorn has gotten around the legal question by not selling a completely assembled Camaro. What they have is every part needed to repair a convertible Camaro (if you buy all of them and assemble one from scratch then so be it!) There are probably a few running around right now that started as rotted/rusted hulks that had almost every body part replaced with new/scavenged/handmade parts. I am not condoning fraud, it is just that I wonder where the line is drawn between a long involved restoration and a rebody. How many parts separate the restoration from a rebody? If you use NOS/used parts is it a restoration and if you use Dynacorn/Goodmark parts is it a rebody? Again, I am not condoning fraud, I just wonder if anyone has a solid definition of a rebody compared to a restoration or is it like dealing with my wife "I don't know but I will know it when I see it!"

GM-26 · #4 02-02-2005, 11:57 PM

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The VIN problem is simple. If you are going to be working on your old convertible to restore it. Simply remove the VIN from the old one and attach it to the new one.

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Mr. T · #5 02-03-2005, 12:29 AM

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The VIN problem is simple. If you are going to be working on your old convertible to restore it. Simply remove the VIN from the old one and attach it to the new one.

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No doubt!! This whole idea is

**firstgenaddict** · #6 02-03-2005, 12:46 AM

Someone better hope that the Feds ain't watchin!
Cause basically Dynacorn has acknowledged that there is going to be VIN tampering and even told you how to do it!

**Charley Lillard** · #7 02-03-2005, 01:41 AM

I would assume Dynacorn has had their legal department look at it and is more informed than we are.

Dynacorn · #8 02-03-2005, 05:48 PM

When you restore a car, you are not VIN tampering. Your vin will state the year, make, model...etc. When your restored vehicle is done nothing has changed. And that, in case you are interested, comes directly from THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. As far as the feds are concerned, and, incidentaly, the DMV in California, a restored car is the same as the original. As long as original parts still exist on the vehicle, you are legal. You obviously can't build a brand new vehicle and slap an original VIN on it. But, if a turn key vehicle is built by a manufacturer, then they have the ability to make a VIN also. I don't understand what the big deal is here.

Mark_C · #9 02-03-2005, 02:18 AM

Since your not swapping a VIN from one Motor vehicle to another its perfectly legal to remove and replace your VIN as needed to make a repair. The body tub qualifies as a repair part, no different than a replacement dash, or quarter panel.

**firstgenaddict** · #10 02-03-2005, 05:04 PM

Legal that may be questionable. Ethical to pass off as original now there is no question about that!
Just my $.02

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