Need some serious advice

[chavist93]

Hi guys. I need some serious advice here for my dad. He bought a 67 chevelle SS396 about 6 years ago. He had one in 1970 and had always wanted to get another to restore. This car was unrestored with most of its original paint and all original interior. The cars has zero rust and is in great shape. He bought it as a non numbers matching car because the door vin did not match the engine stamp. Well in the past year he got into the frame off resto on the car. Come to find out the hidden vins under the heater core and cowl panel match the engine and muncie trans, but not the door vin tag. So the door vin tag had been changed at some point. A little researche revealed that in around 71-72 the car was involved in a fender bender and was fixed by the insurance co. but they would not realease the title to the owner for reasons I do not know. The owner at the time owned a salvage yard and switched the vin from a wrecked car that he had the title to. My dad really does not know what to do and is almost to the point where he wants to part it and crush the body even though he will lose a lot of money. I am in hopes that someone here will have some useful advice for us. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Tim