Yes, you are right about the law on this one.... but who's gonna know or tell? I mean, if they use the same underbody and replace everything above and below it then what's the diference? So if they started with the VIN plate, and built around it - same thing. There are no numbers to match up. I'm not going to tell either way. The more DeLorean's the better. -VB >From: "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [DML] Re: DMCH 2005 open house pics uploaded >Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:01:45 -0000 > >Strickly speaking, that is a Federal offense. Transfering the title >(vin plate) from one frame (or car) to another is a big no-no. Because >the vin tags are on the body you could reframe the car and repair the >body. Since there is no record of the frame #'s or engine #'s I guess >you could swap them and that would be OK. IMHO legaly the car is the >vin tag and the vin tag is on the fiberglass body (and on the dash >pad). My guess is that it was an insurance total and they left the car >there for the storage. It was cheaper for the insurance co. to do that >than pay to remove it and junk it. >David Teitelbaum >vin 10757 > > > >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxx> wrote: > > I am betting that when they take in a car like that, > > all they are interested in is the VIN plate and title. > > With that, they can build a new car and reassign it as the old one. > > - To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/