mk636

^^^ Enough said.

babygurl2000

ILLEGAL

sandcracker21

definatly illegal, but like the other said, i would strip the car of its good parts, sell them, the sell the car to the guy

Chopper

There was a used car salesman in our area that was replacing VIN plates on"used"cars.I think he got five years.

DaGGer

just sell him the car, tell him you won't sell just the vin and title and just take the whole car and do what ever with it

UhadMEatGT

I just saw where you said you wanted to keep the car. In that case it would be illegal. If you sold him the car it wont be your responsibility what he does with it. As for the car restoration, it is NOT illegal. It is no different that taking the rusty car and replacing all the doors fenders, and welding on new quarter panels. And actually it would still be numbers matching. Everything else is being swapped over including the full drivetrain, wiring, dash, interior, lighting, suspension, etc. The only thing your using is the shell. The only thing that you are changing is sheet metal which is done during any body off restoration anyway.

justingt

yea that pretty much answers your own question man

JD1969

I never said it was illegal during a restoration, but it might be unethical and many many restoration people will not concider it to be numbers matching. Go ask this question on Moparts.com and see what happens

UhadMEatGT

I am saying it is no different than chopping your car to bits to put all new metal on it. You strip ALL of the parts, mading it an empty shell with nothing on it, and toss the old stuff away. Instead of just switching the doors and hood and quarters, etc over to yours, it is much easier to set the shell onto yours and then put the car back together. You hear of all these people finding a rare find muscle car that is nothing but a shell in a junkyard and deciding to restore it. They have to track down all the other parts and add them to the shell because the car was basically a basket case. Your Muscle car magazines will consider this a true restoration. You are using the car for nothing but the skin.... such as the doors, fenders, hood, trunk, quarters, etc.? How different is is to get good doors from one car, and good fenders from another, and a good hood at a swapmeet, and a nice used trunklid on ebay, etc... There is no difference, except you are getting all the good metal from one vehicle, and not having to frankenstein it. And even your best critic, judge, or guru, wouldnt be able to say whether their car was restored this way or not because everything IS your car except the outter skin which was taken down to bare metal before the repaint. I think restorers get upset when you find a nice W-25 and switch the VIN#'s and maybe motor, tranny and rear to make it a W-30.

92hatchLX

Well my sneaking susupension was correct along with everyone elses. I talked to a cop and it is very illegal and I think that I might just try and sell the entire car to him. He is in South Carlina and I am in Colorado. So I guess the deal is off.