Russ and all, You are very correct about the VIN number being a Federal offence. It's up to them if they want to enforce it or not but I have a personal friend who they were after for some shady car deals. When they took him to trial all they could prove was he has made a "personalized" VIN number for a Corvette race car that he made from parts. He didn't know he had done anything wrong but it cost him 3 years in a min. security lockup. Jim Bartuska Niles, Mich [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]