Now that you can buy new nearly ever part to build a '69 camaro from scratch. There are "restos" that look like they replace 85+% of the sheet metal. Is it really an XYZ car or is it a Year One? What part makes a car a car, the Frame? unibody? firewall? roof? or is the VIN number all that counts? What part or how much of the orignal car is needed to still say its it that car?
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Originally posted by Russell View PostNow that you can buy new nearly ever part to build a '69 camaro from scratch. There are "restos" that look like they replace 85+% of the sheet metal. Is it really an XYZ car or is it a Year One? What part makes a car a car, the Frame? unibody? firewall? roof? or is the VIN number all that counts? What part or how much of the orignal car is needed to still say its it that car?BS'er formally known as Rebeldryver
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if its got vin plates, anything goes.
even the Shelby has hacks still flying.
As things get newer, the unique font stamp is a clue, non vin plate vehicles.
I do not know when they caught onto that in history. I know the 80s had other areas to verify.
it all seems stupid. a stamped firewall and a brutal engine fire demands a repair.. I suppose the salvage route and reissue is legit.
I am still deciphering phony odometers... long term use of one car makes a pro at it.Previously boxer3main
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Good question. It's a shame when a 'real steel' car can't compete with a plastic clone. Seen a '40 Ford that was pulled out of a tree row lose to a plastic "40 Ford" that didn't have a single 40 Ford part on it......just not right IMHO.Ed, Mary, & 'Earl'
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This is a volkswagon bug. mostly orignal sheet metal just be adjusted
I think this is cool it was part of the Grassroots $2009 Challenge.
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if the vin is original then it is a 69 if it does not have a 69 vin but a state issued or what ever then it is a (insert year the state vin says) 69 camaro
so if you where to register it today it would be a 2013 1969 camaro. me and my uncle have actually thought of doing this build a brand new 69 camaro as there is enough parts to do so just some small trim and badges and interior parts are not being repoppedOriginally posted by Remy-Z;n1167534Congratulations, man. You've just inherited the "Patron Saint of Automotive Lost Causes" from me. No question.
75Grand AM 455:Pissed off GrandMA, 68 Volkswagen Type1 "beetle":it will run some year
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Originally posted by Mater View Postif the vin is original then it is a 69 if it does not have a 69 vin but a state issued or what ever then it is a (insert year the state vin says) 69 camaro
so if you where to register it today it would be a 2013 1969 camaro. me and my uncle have actually thought of doing this build a brand new 69 camaro as there is enough parts to do so just some small trim and badges and interior parts are not being repopped
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Originally posted by STINEY View PostNeat car....where can I find more build details on it?
They ran it a the Maxton Mile and got ink in HOTROD
Andrew Nelson and family built this VW-based whatchamacallit for dirt cheap to race in the Grassroots Motorsports magazine $2009 and $2010 Challenges, and with a 400-based engine it ran 10.82 at 123 in the quarter. At Maxton, with a destroked 265 small-block, it made it half a mile before the Powerglide scattered into a hundred itty-bitty, oily pieces.
Read more: http://www.hotrod.com/top_speed_chal...#ixzz2eVyRlsqH
I talked to them at Maxton they have a very cool build Book but I dont know about online.Last edited by Russell; September 10, 2013, 11:22 AM.
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Originally posted by 68scott385 View PostDidn't this topic bite Boyd Coddington in the buttocks when he tried to register some of his highly modified creations as older cars.BS'er formally known as Rebeldryver
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The shape,
cheezzoom was still thought of as a 57 chevy
cadzilla was still thought of as a 40's caddy
a dynacore 69 Camaro body is still a 69 Camaro
same with the mustang, the chevelle , a Brookfield 32 ford roadster
and the list goes on.
The only reason most try to use at least "Part" of an original cars vin's "placement" sheetmetal is because There isn't a standardized law/rule on kit/recreation vehicles for all 50 states, And those that might have laws allowing a recreation to be vin'd, and titled as a model year it "looks" like. STATES have a bad habbit if changing the rules after the fact. and if you're in the middle of a build when they change the "rules" it can kill the project.
Take here,my state, a FFR Daytona coupe, it gets titled as a recreation/kit car, and the year depends on the engine blocks date code. have a 1970 block, no emissions. drop a mod motor in it ,say from 2012 and it has to pass emissions for a 2012 vehicle. All this seems mighty crazy for the amount of miles "fun" car/trucks log per year.. very few are used daily..
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