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Originally Posted by ChrisBlair
Removing a VIN and placing it in another vehicle is fraudulent. There was much discussion on exactly how much of the car 'donating the VIN' must be used before this is not fraud back in the heyday of musclecar restoration in the '80s, but suffice to say taking a VIN from a wrecked car and putting it in a better car is an easy way for a 1970 L-head six cylinder Chevelle mom and pop grocery getter to be magically transformed into an ultra-desirable 1970 LS6 equipped Chevelle SS. Hence the fraud. The rule of thumb is: you don't remove a VIN and rivet it into another vehicle. Now maybe you cut out the entire cowl from the driver's seat forward and weld that into the 'new' chassis and reach a gray area but that's not what we're talking about
The kit-car Cobra uses the VIN of the car that donated the chassis (for example a Fox body Mustang), or else must have a new VIN as it's a new vehicle. There are more 427 Cobra S/Cs now than Carrol Shelby ever made
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Almost exactly how it was explained to me as well. Did not know how they did it but another member on here told me almost the same thing you did. Learn new stuff everyday.