Question On rebody? 1973 Z-28

[MultiMopars]

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I personally had a 1966 Corvette that was stolen and recovered that the V.I.N. tag was removed and destroyed by the theives during the time it was missing. I was able to LEGALLY have an accurate reproduction V.I.N. plate made and re-installed on the car.

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I didn't know there was a legal way to have a reproduction VIN plate made. New state-issued VIN with the original #s, sure.

But an "accurate reproduction?" My understanding has always been that making VIN tags is a pretty big no-no and a federal crime. Did you get it through the state gov or through one of the underground guys making them?

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Not an underground thing but the people that make them don't advertise it. If they did they would never get off the phone with the criminal element trying to buy them.

Yes, it is possible, but the people that make them have requirements that vary from state to state that included for me being in Arizona, a State form and inspection from a State offical that spelled out the circumstances. It is not something that is easily done and has safeguards in place to keep things legal.

[67BelAir427]

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Thats why if you are going to do this,get the right body{close to date correct and maybe even the same color} and do it right.Drill out the spot welds on any panel that has a hidden vin on both cars,weld the panels back together with the numbers on which car you want them,grind and work the metal to look flawlessly original,and then media blast the entire area so that the handiwork is undetectable.it can be done.If all else fails,use the firewall from the rusty car and graft it into the donor body.Keep your mouth shut and never tell ANYBODY.Good luck.

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And one more thing. If you ever plan to sell a car to anyone in the future, make sure that you have never made a public post on the internet about "how to commit a Federal crime" using your own name!

[Dave Rifkin]

OH MY GOD!!!!!!, make it stop

[Steven J]

[quoteI didn't know there was a legal way to have a reproduction VIN plate made. New state-issued VIN with the original #s, sure.

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I can't speak for the rest of the country, but Illinois issues a new VIN plate from the state police. It is mounted in the door jamb and does not look original.

On a side note, I saw photos of a green "ZL-1" Camaro that the ISP inspected many years ago that was a rebody. If I'm not mistaken, they didn't pursue criminal charges, just left it up to the civil process.

[MultiMopars]

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[quoteI didn't know there was a legal way to have a reproduction VIN plate made. New state-issued VIN with the original #s, sure.

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I can't speak for the rest of the country, but Illinois issues a new VIN plate from the state police. It is mounted in the door jamb and does not look original.

On a side note, I saw photos of a green "ZL-1" Camaro that the ISP inspected many years ago that was a rebody. If I'm not mistaken, they didn't pursue criminal charges, just left it up to the civil process.

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So does Arizona in most cases. I am sure that if I had taken the car to the DMV office that they would have wanted to put one on. I had on of tghe officer's that investigated the thieft fill out the proper forms for the people that made the V.I.N. plate.

[RichSchmidt]

And one more thing. If you ever plan to sell a car to anyone in the future, make sure that you have never made a public post on the internet about "how to commit a Federal crime" using your own name!

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Nobody would actually pay money for any of my junks anyhow.Usually by the time I am done fixing up a car I have to pay somebody to haul it away But the truth is that I would have been more likely to have done this back in the day to put a title on a race car with no papers so I could street race it,and back then it would have been more common to have taken a real bigblock SS car and tag it with a tag from a rotted out 6 cylinder thus making the car worth less in the long run,but that was back when "fixing up" your Camaro meant taking a sawzall to the wheel openings to hang some 13 inch wide slicks way out the side of it.