Rebodied cars and do they get certified

[njsteve]

OK now, be honest, how many of you have just run those part numbers to see if there are any of those bodies sitting around somewhere????

[Mr70]

Those are Glass numbers showing there.
The actual Body #'s were printed later in a seperate manual.
This wasn't as common as we would believe,so very few Dealers even requested parts & pricing info for group 10.001 to begin with.

[Belair62]

Very interesting...would the Manufacturer be able to get around the VIN tag switching laws ? I bet they could. Or would they have to re-VIN the new body ? hmmmm

[LS6 RAT]

Wow! Just read all 20 pages of this thread, very interesting discussion of this topic. My tastes for these supercars fall on the side of all original in condition for ownership/collectibility.
I believe the value associated with these rare musclecars should certainly be relevant to the condition of the vehicle. An unmolested, orginal in factory condition as built should be worth the absolute most. There can be nothing like it to compare with. I think the word original is very much overused, and is not proper to describe any part of a car that has been refurbished, restored, rebuilt, repaired, etc. My opinion is that a car that has been tampered with in any way, no longer is the same car that was factory built. Replacing most of the sheetmetal or rebodying a vehicle has the same end result, it is no longer the car it started life as, period.
Probably, none of us (or very few) have a vehicle that can be considered original.