Rebodied cars and do they get certified

[Racefan]

Try checking the "Defnitions" section of this one. I think the answers to the "hard questions" we are faced with are really pretty cut and dried in the eyes of the law. Seems as though there would be times when the title should reflect large amounts of restoration?
http://www.odot.state.or.us/forms/dmv/6511.pdf

[Stuart Adams]

Ahh....

[Racefan]

It also appears that the new body shells would be somewhat questionable by the Oregon definitions because of the uni-body portion of the definitions? Am I reading that correctly?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I think that CamaroJoe absolutely nailed this one. We have been down this road on Steve's Nova site when that sun yellow deuce was on EBaY, and pretty much reached the same conclusion. We used Schoneye's original 'owner' face on Pam Anderson's body as an eg - it was more interesting than car 1 vs. car 2, or yenko A vs. yenko B

I'm working on a feature car story that will explain this topic in real world terms

[resto4u]

Remember ZL-1 #23 or #18? Do not recall which one, That was clipped from the toeboards back. The car was a tubbed race car. Did that car get certified? It was a real car. Was it certified before or after the rear clip? My point is, do tubbed racecars get certified? Or just factory stock bodied cars? Copo connection should not be held liable for what happens to a cars body after it is certified. And i beleive there is a discloser already to protect him from suits. Roger

[Belair62]

So at the end of the day...all we can ever really know is the VIN is a true Supercar...probably no way to discover a well done rebody without sandblasting the whole damn car. There are folks who would never buy a rebody and there are those who could care less and at least a remnant of a true Supercar still exists instead of going to it's grave. If you are looking for a car and do not want to buy a rebody there ought to be a way to know the history of a car...maybe it's time for Ed or whoever to list the associated known history of a given car like the Shelby Registry does.Shelby even lists when a rebody was done if known..if it is not known it is listed as such...may be a lot of work but it seems like a good idea and people would be willing to pay a lot more for that document.Then maybe finally there won't be such a distaste for a rebody. They could be accepted just like Shelby's are. They may not be as valuable as a non-rebody but the folks looking can make that choice and not worry. Better to have the info and decide than to get something you don't want.

[Canucklehead]

Lets not forget that there are more buyers than there are cars, and if a fellow want's one of these cars and there are none for sale he would have to settle for a rebody or nothing, maybe a clone???. I still think that even though it's a rebody it's still worth alot of money, maybe not as much as an original but still up there. Really out of the known exsisting ZL1 left how many demand top dollar, and how many are at the bottm of the scale??. Whats the range $500 - 1 mill????

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

What would you do with this one?

[Stuart Adams]

Love the Shelby Registry. Only wish Gm had such.

[68l30]

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What would you do with this one?

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Get the trailer......and buckle down for a loooong time!


Steve