RE: [Chrysler300] Rebodying Anyone - answer

[<john_nowosacki@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is the 69 Camaro I was referring to in my post on the subject.
It sounds like the statute allows an owner to do this under the heading of 'making a repair'.
Clearly, anyone doing it to steal a car (putting my 57 300C VIN on someone else's 57 300C to get a better car) is in big trouble, but if I'm repairing my own 57 300C by replacing the metal underneath my original VIN with better, safer, rust free metal, it appears to be allowed by law.
Thanks for the info Andy, I'll keep it on file should I ever want to do another huge restoration project ever again, which is doubtful.  The only reason I embarked on this 57 resto is precisely because it didn't need any body panel replacement, just minimal floor and rocker work.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Mikonis
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 12:38 PM
To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Rebodying Anyone - answer


I don't know if you guys knew this, but you can now
buy a complete reproduction unibody shell for a '69
Camaro:

http://www.dynacornclassicbodies.com/AboutUs.htm

It licensed by GM, and it is apparently legal - and
indeed the intention - to transfer the VIN tag of a
donor car.  They use this section of the US Code to
justify the legality:

http://uscode.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+uscview+t17t20+368+0++%28%29%20%20AND%20%28%2818%29%20ADJ%20USC%29%3ACITE%20AND%20%28USC%20w%2F10%20%28511%29%29%3ACITE%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20

If that big URL doesn't work, go to
http://uscode.house.gov and do a search for title 18,
sec 511

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY and don't get too excited.  It
does indeed spell out who can do a number of things to
a VIN, and under what conditions.

Interesting stuff.  If you do a web search there are
extensive discussions in the Camaro community on this
topic, so maybe we don't need to rehash it too much
here.

Andy

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