Okay, guys, threads now back open.
Before anyone gets an idea in his or her head that there's something wrong with the car, there isn't.
I wanted to verify with datatags about a new VIN plate, this is what they said:
We DO NOT make tags like this indiscriminately If you want to involve the police, if the car is not created from
parts or a lesser vehicle, if the number is stamped on the frame, engine,tranny, body etc. If the number has been run in all 50 states and no one else has a title to the same number,
and it’s not on a stolen list we might be willing to make a vin tag. We do NOT advertise this service and we don’t like people speaking for us.
If it’s a hemi cuda, 440x6, lightweight aluminum car, 60 edsel convertible, 57 F-Bird, Boss Mustang 429 or similar rarity we probably won’t touch it without lots and lots
of documentation.
That's where the issue lay.
I believe Hunter is doing everything on this car get it clean, even taking all the legal steps on his end, and is honestly trying to ensure the future owner will have no issues with the car. But I didn't want anyone to labor under the belief that there may be a chance to get a new VIN stamped that would make it match the numbers on the body without all the criteria listed in the email.
I do want to point out that Hunter has said, in this thread, the car has been taken off the for sale block until he can get all the legal ends tied up. That, to me, speaks of his honesty in the matter as he will have legal paperwork to produce once the car is made available again.
Hunter, I apologize for the somewhat dramatic way the thread was closed, but it was done also to alert the members who have been following this thread that some things needed to be clarified. I take full responsibility. It also lets members know that datatags might be a dead end on projects of his or her own or other projects which may pop up.
Personally, from my point of view, it's no big deal on the numbers as long as the car comes back with clean numbers and doesn't show up on a stolen vehicle report. I can't speak of the laws in other states, but I know in NY all the DMV cares about it is the number in the dash. I'm personally sitting on a car that has no data plate, no broadcast sheet, the numbers on the dash don't match the numbers on the body and my old man and I
built it that way. The VIN tag on the dash and the VIN sticker are the only things there which denote it as being a 318 '74 Barracuda.
I appreciate our membership helping Hunter out on this matter with all the suggestions. I will caution everyone that a non-matching VIN and body numbers don't necessarily denote something is wrong with the car.
Again, I'll point it out for those reading: as long as the numbers on the body and the number on the VIN tag on this particular car come back clean it shouldn't be a big deal. While it may be a rarity these days to have the opportunity to buy a slant powered E-body, is anyone really going to buy this car to do a concourse quality restoration on it? And if anyone is interested in buying the car they don't need to take Hunter's word alone for it. He or she can verify the numbers through his or her own research before making the decision to buy. (Run the numbers yourself through your own local constabulary.)
Now, I'm turning the thread back over to Hunter so he can give you guys all the details on what he's doing on his end to ensure a clean sale.
