Michael,
This is a subject akin to "Angels", "dancing" and "pin heads"
I can address the legal restrictions in California. It is NOT legal to
remove a VIN from a car without express permission of the Highway
Patrol. And this is only for authorized Auto Body Shops, and then only
to allow restoration of the body, and replacement on the same vehicle it
was taken from.
Are there exceptions? Not to my knowledge - except some 50 years ago
when it was perfectly legal to remove the section of the Ford Frame with
the serial number stamped in, and re-welded to a chassis of another
frame (thus hot rods were born. The concern here was traceability of
the car's history.
Even as late as the mid-70's, when we built our Red Toi fiberglass car:
(Have your sound on!)
< http://tigersunited.com/articles/sl-mc/stevelaifman5.asp >
We met the requirements by actually building the car on my licensed VW
the within the existing laws, as the chassis S/N was retained. A few
years later the engine was replaced with a Pontiac Fiero V-6, we were
required to get it inspected and tested for the emissions requirement
for the year of the engine.
Other states may have other rules. The TAC rules do not care whether a
Tiger has a Ford Engine, or anything else a "Concours" car must have.
Their requirement is that the Chassis rolled of the Tiger Jensen
Assembly Line, as was all original Tigers. they have their own experts
with a lot of knowledge, and a secret list of what the differences were
between an Alpine and a Tiger. So, in their eyes, the replacement of a
VIN from a Tiger, onto a car originally a Tiger would be acceptable.
Contact Tom Hall for details. <modtiger@comcast.net>
Steve
Steve Laifman
Editor
http://TigersUnited.com
michael king wrote:
> I was reading this article on Norms site:
>
> http://www.classictiger.com/mudge/tac/alert.htm
> It got me thinking about thew whole re-body issue. Without getting into to
> the alger debate, What are peoples thoughts on using a Tiger body to save
> another tiger..? Now in this issue you might say.. why would you need to..
> if one is restorable.. then there is no need to swap parts, but what about a
> car that no longer has ID's that is solid and a ID car that is a basket
> case?
>
> There is an issue legally that you can not remove a cars ID and place it on
> another.. and then there is the issue of misrepresenting the hsitory of a
> car.. what are peoples thoughts of placing the ID's of a deceased Tiger on a
> proper Tiger without ID? I guess int ehory the ultimate Tiger ID swap.
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