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Old 04-23-2014, 04:36 AM
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Vin Swap?

This is a question I've thought about over the years. With our cars becoming more rare a lot of them becoming parts cars, if one was to find a car in good shape with more on it, would it be illegal to swap dashes?
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Old 04-23-2014, 06:12 AM
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yes. very illegal
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Why would there ever be a need to swap a VIN? Besides a stolen car? You can get a title for these cars easy as they're so old now.
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The VIN isn't on the dash. Not a problem.
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Re: Vin Swap?

Watching some of these car shows like fast and loud and the one on the history channel and seing different cars on CL, I wonder how they are able to build a car out a bucket of bolts and pieces of rust. Last night I saw episode where they are building the first two Firebirds produced.
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Re: Vin Swap?

Originally Posted by sofakingdom
The VIN isn't on the dash. Not a problem.
Agreed. You can swap dashes all day long. You cannot swap VINs. The VIN is not attached to the dash.
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yes. very illegal

Absolutely.
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