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#21
06-26-2005, 07:23 AM
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Re: GM Nationals in Carlisle 6/24 - 6/26
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It's been 95 degrees in the shade all weekend, not the smallest breeze or hint of rain. I bet you're fiendin' Carlisle Ed. [/ QUOTE ] Man I'm missin it  Those temps sound refreshing.. It should cool down to around 95 here in OK around midnight or so  No sign of rain for weeks now 
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06-26-2005, 08:07 AM
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Re: GM Nationals in Carlisle 6/24 - 6/26
Anyone see this at GM Carlisle?
  I bet there'll be more guys thinking this way now that the new repro bodies are on the market. The VIN was drilled out...but for sale, basically not revealed to anyone but the buyer. I guess you buy a cowl for a $1000 and swap it to your new Taiwan body and it gives the appearance it's the original car that's been "restored." Not sure how all this stuff is gonna pan out with these repro cars being used for rebodies. I'm pretty sure I'd still just prefer to find an original '69 Camaro, that was made by General Motors, in the United States in 1969, and that's never been split in half or had the body or VIN tags removed, but I guess not everyone feels that way.
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#24
06-26-2005, 08:09 AM
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Re: GM Nationals in Carlisle 6/24 - 6/26
I bet it's a "clean" title too.
 
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06-26-2005, 08:10 AM
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Re: GM Nationals in Carlisle 6/24 - 6/26
Separated at toe boards.
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#26
06-26-2005, 08:11 AM
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Re: GM Nationals in Carlisle 6/24 - 6/26
Body Tag
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#27
06-26-2005, 08:26 AM
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Re: GM Nationals in Carlisle 6/24 - 6/26
a fool and his money are soon parted.........
 just don't be the fool  problem solved. 
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#28
06-26-2005, 08:32 AM
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Re: GM Nationals in Carlisle 6/24 - 6/26
Interesting subject..That cowl section seems like the heart of the car to me. If a repo body was grafted on from there back what do you have ? It would have the hidden vins, the cowl tag, the vin tag and a title . Seems like it was done legally. It is heavy reconstruction but it is not just taking a vin tag and attaching it to another body. The only vin ever on that car would be the one still on it.
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#29
06-26-2005, 04:29 PM
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Re: GM Nationals in Carlisle 6/24 - 6/26
I would like to know how many cars have been backhalfed. I bet more than most think.
 The more expensive these cars get.....the more this is going to happen. Its just economics. I was at Carlisle Saturday, it was hot but great! Talked to a lot of good guys from the site. Loved Franks yellow COPO race car!!
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#30
06-26-2005, 07:26 PM
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Re: GM Nationals in Carlisle 6/24 - 6/26
Charley raises a very interesting question. [ QUOTE ]
If a repo body was grafted on from there back what do you have? [/ QUOTE ] While I agree that the firewall & cowl portion of a car are it's true core, I don't necessarily think it's just heavy reconstruction we're talking about but more like borderline re-creation. I think it may be looked upon differently if it were something like the Uniontown Swiss Cheese Deuce, and it were repro Nova bodies we were talking about. Just saying if it were a legit COPO or Yenko car with some real history, and damage or rust through that absolutely necessitated the deep sixing of all but the cowl, then it seems like a matter of "save it" through "heavy reconstruction" or simply let it turn to dust. But "building" a regular '69 Camaro convertible in 2005 from only a cowl section and a repro body shell, having never owned anymore than the cowl portion of the original '69, hardly seems like restoration to me.  Kinda feels like transplanting a dead heart.
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