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11-09-2005, 05:16 AM
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Re: Rebodied cars and do they get certified
(I opened this one up in a different thread since it started to take away from the COPO Chevelle that a member posted for sale.
Rick, That was what I was refering to... As far as the new bodies; they can't even reproduce a trim tag correctly. Do you think they could produce a whole new body that is undetectable. Especially with your critical eye?? 
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11-09-2005, 05:33 AM
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Re: Rebodied cars and do they get certified
Jeff, what is your definition of a rebody? The hidden VINs don't match the VIN tag, or replacing so much sheet metal, little remains of the original car, but retaining the original cowl and the VIN's still match? How about a hypothetical former race car that had the firewall cut out including the hidden VINs, but the original trim and VIN tags remain and the rest of the car's sheet metal is original except for some patched 1/4 panels? Not an easy question to answer. I guess that is why survivor's can bring a premium.
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11-09-2005, 05:45 AM
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Re: Rebodied cars and do they get certified
Steve,
Good point.  As for the body's, I really don't think that the company that produces the bodies did it to intentionally deceive anyone. It's the individual that buys the body, makes a clone and attempts to pass off the completed car as an original car that is doing the deceiving. Believe me the differences between the repop bodies and original sheetmetal is such that any competent body shop can improve and make them correct. OK, now back to our regularly scheduled debate....again.  Rick H.
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11-09-2005, 06:36 AM
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Re: Rebodied cars and do they get certified
I don't see what all the fuss is about. There are doctors in LA and Palm Beach who re-body people every day. A couple of Camaros shouldn't be such a big deal. Right???
wilma
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11-09-2005, 06:40 AM
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Re: Rebodied cars and do they get certified
It would be a big deal if I could purchase one of those people and found out my brand new Pam Anderson was once Aunt Bea (no offense to Aunt Bea).
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11-09-2005, 06:43 AM
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Re: Rebodied cars and do they get certified
They get certified, then the certifier gets sued when the new owner buys the car based on the certification. It's happened at least twice in the last 5-6 months, and more will probably be coming out.
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#7
11-09-2005, 07:01 AM
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Re: Rebodied cars and do they get certified
Please dont tell me that the COPO Connection was part of this farce to ID bad cars esp since I recently looked at a few with Ed's certifications.
Im going to most likely walk the plank on this one (esp since im new here)but what known cars are not the orginal bodys then?
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11-09-2005, 05:42 PM
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Re: Rebodied cars and do they get certified
[ QUOTE ]
I don't see what all the fuss is about. There are doctors in LA and Palm Beach who re-body people every day. A couple of Camaros shouldn't be such a big deal. Right??? wilma [/ QUOTE ] They dont always make sense though, I mean, look at this old crusty rebody  
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