Selling Trim Tags ?????

[RichSchmidt]

What if I painstakingly unearthed that buried car when the tags were intact,and began replacng every single part on the car until it was restored.Since they make every single part including roof structures,firewall and cowl structures,frame channels,and full floorpans,it could be possible to resurect that car by simply welding one piece at a time of repop parts onto the existing upper cowl box with the vin and trim tag attached.How far is too far?In this day and age,ANY camaro can be restored with enough work,even one that was crushed in a car crusher.How do we draw the line.If replacing the frame of a car is too much and goes too far,then how about a mint original body shell with a backhalf job or a tube chassis under it,but mint roof,1/4's and firewal with all the numbers?Is it O.K. to fix such a car with repop or donor parts.My own car is pretty far gone,but it is still a real car.The roof could stand to be replaced because of many small dents and waves,both rear 1'4's were shot when I started on it,as wer both doors and fenders,and the front subframe was bent so bad that the wheels couldnt be pointed in the same direction even after substantial repair work.I replaced all the sheet metal,and replaced the subframe with a donor one.It is now a conglomeration of about 5 different cars.The firewall is hacked out along with the hidden VIN because it has spent most of it's life as a race car,so what should somebody do with such a car.The floors and rear rails were mint as were most of the internal structures,but it sure as heck cant be call"restored to original".

I would like to hear some opinions on how far we should go to restore a car.Back 20 years ago when some guy might have pulled the trim and VIN tag off his Yenko because he wrapped it around a pole,the thought was that a really dented car is worthless or unfixable.Today such a car might be considered an easy fix and be a very desirable find.