1969 Camaro L89 with JL8 option at Kissimmee

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: twertsy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">???..guy is looking for clear title and vin plate...WTF? </div></div>
I don't know the individual and can't speak for his motives, but probably this guy is not so much wanting to make a fake high dollar replica, rather, has bought a Dynacorn body and wanting to title it. It is getting almost impossible to find a good car body these days. Most stuff is used and abused. The thing to do especially if you are wanting a &quot;pro touring&quot; type car is to get one of these new bodies and build a car from that. The laws are clear about VIN tampering and putting a VIN on these new bodies is not the way one is supposed to go about it, but it happens all the time. Truthfully, it has been going on for years with old pre-war hotrod cars and the resurgence of the &quot;ratrod&quot;. I can't tell you how many guys I've seen build a Model A Ford, buy a title for it and there you have it. These young ratrodders don't even care if the title is for a Model A. They have titles for anything. One guy had a old T body and told me it is titled as a 36 Plymouth. Another, told me his A is titled as a 41 Chev P.Up. I read a few articles about insurance companies not paying, as you are insuring (you have to prove) that your car is what you say it is. It is a real mess. In a way, being a hotrodder myself, I don't blame some of these guys. They are not intending to defraud anyone, they just want to drive their hotrod. To do it legit, here, in Ohio, you are supposed to get your car inspected by the Hwy. Patrol(it takes a long time to get appointment too) and then have a builders title issued. The problem with that is they put you through hell as far as DOT stuff and can impound your car if there is a question about a part, not to mention, some don't go this route because some car shows you cannot participate, because they allow only cars of a certain age and older and even though it is obvious a car is an old one, with a builder title, it does not qualify for entry or prizes. Getting back to the Camaro. If these pedigree cars keep their status as investments, like coins, Rolex's and art, this forgery problem will persist. It is getting to a point that you have to spend more time proving what you have is real than it is worth to me.