![]() ![]() He sold out to an a-hole who mistakenly thought he bought a gold mine. Y’all remember Larry cooper who bought up all the west coast cars and moved them to Missouri. I’ll agree with her and mix a drink and go to bed lol. I’ve always stayed away from that cause I don’t want the chance of an ordeal, especially as I get older. I think they were priced around 2000 each time. Over the years I’ve been offered a 69 trans am firewall and title and a 69 judge RA4 firewall and title. The defense of, everyone else does it, isn't a defense in a court of law. Many have heard a plea that I was just keeping up with traffic in defense of a speeding violation, it usually isn't considered a legal excuse in a court. When people feel they got swindled, and didn't get what they paid for, is when these practices become fraudulent. But it can become a case of fraud in a misrepresentation of facts. VIN numbers are a federal offense, if you want to roll the dice and hope your not caught, then that's your choice, and you live by your choice.īlock codes aren't a federal offense, that's more of an ethical thing. ![]() Now if the swapped cab came from a stolen truck, all this would have changed. He didn't do any jail time other than when he was arrested, and posted bond to be released. The person who bought the truck was reimbursed for their purchase price by my previous teacher. The truck was confiscated, and destroyed by the state in his case. It comes down to the prosecutors view if this was against the law, and if they want to enforce the law to the letter. He cut the old one out and spliced it into the donor cab. But he then would have to get a state issued VIN tag, which he didn't do. I believe it was easier to swap the cab than repair the old one. In this particular instance it has swapping a cab on an older chevy truck because of rust. The whole thing is about fraud, and if changing numbers made you enriched from the act. He did loose his job though, not certain if he got back wages, or not. He was later acquitted and charges were dropped. My Vo Tech instructor did exactly what you're describing here, and was arrested in PA, and jailed back in the late 70s. This is an interesting topic to me I posted it before didn’t get much response. Personally I’ve never restamped or rebodied anything because I’m a drag racer not a restoration guy and never cared enough, but I know the Chevy / corvette guys do it regularly out in the open. Well same goes for the China bumper, or intake, or whatever I hear a lot “ well no one might tell the new owner of the block or whatever part is a restamp”. Now look at a guy who repops a RAIV intake,a exhaust manifold, a bumper, a pot metal piece, whatever the part may be, same part casting numbers maybe even a date code and it’s made In Let’s say China? Which is more fraudulent? One is an actual Pontiac part, one never saw a Pontiac foundry or a dealership or is even American metal It didn’t know where it was going that day anyway. Gets restored and rest amped correctly for the new car How bad is it if that same block that could have been used (that same cast number). So a guy takes a block that could have been on one of two cars that day and hit stamped one way for that car. The question is where is the line, where should the line be? I posed this question in another thread. My issue has always been the guys yelling the loudest about how wrong it is are the ones doing it the most lol I wouldn’t do it cause I don’t want the headache that could arise out of it. Do not jump to any conclusions that I do this with my cars just cause I posted this. ![]() Cut around serial number by a couple inches and bondo-ed and sanded and painted it. ![]() I would also assume their labor rates would have to be competitive with whatever the local higher end paint shops would do a job for or else they would not survive ecomonically.Just watched Dan Short owner of FantomWorks Shop rebody a rusty 57 Chevy on Motortrend. These guys on TV do crap work and with the help of the internet the whole world will know. The local guy does crap work, and you tell your friends and maybe he loses a few random customers. Last thing they would want to do is tarnish their image with shoddy work if they are gonna claim to be the largest restoration shop in east coast or America ( can't remember which one they claim). Everything else they do even the small jobs need to have the same caliber of work. I just figure once you put yourself out there for the world to see like they have with their tv show. Not that my car is anything special or that I want to be on tv. I am thinking about getting my vert painted and just was gonna explore the idea of getting them to do it. I dont like the guy in any wayI agree guy seems like a douche but some of the work they do seems top notch and it's not but so far from me. ![]()
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