proper yenko rebody? (in new hemmings)

[black69]

ok, someone help me out with what exactly is a proper-rebody? rebody is like the last term I would want to use, even if proper.

[firstgenaddict]

"proper rebody" isn't in my vocabulary...

[Lynn]

Kind of like a "legal crime"

[mockingbird812]

which "Hemmings"?

[black69]

its in the latest feb hemmings motor news, 69 camaro, blue, $250K obo. I did not keep track of all the details of this car when it was discussed on this website as a forsale car, but the new term 'proper rebody' just caused me to ask what are the real details behind the term when its used in a serious publication like hemmings (plenty will be reading that). To me its properly restored or its something else. Properly rebodied is either properly restored or its not properly restored. just got to know what I am missing in this hobby with this new term I am not sure of.

[WILMASBOYL78]

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ok, someone help me out with what exactly is a proper-rebody? rebody is like the last term I would want to use, even if proper.

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I think the folks at BJ can help with this issue

[RichSchmidt]

It is just like having a properly restamped block.It seems that more fuss is being made these days over Z/28's with restamped blocks then over quarter million dollar copo's with that are rebodied.It is just another way of politly saying that somebody wrappd their 427 Camaro around a pole or cut it up into a tube chassis race car 30 yars ago and kept the VIN and trim tag in their sock draw for posterity and are now figuring out that these cars are worth so much that using the tags on a plain jane body is worth doing.The price difference between a plain jane and a COPO car is now so great that it pays to hold out on the internet until you find a perfect plain jane Camaro in exactly the color combo as your old COPO,pay way more then any sane person would pay for such a car,then start adding your COPO do-dads to it and rake in the big dough.Find a perfect survivor plain jane and you can really make the big bucks when you make it into a low mile suvivor COPO.

[Hylton]

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Kind of like a "legal crime"

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Like taxes?

[jbsides]

The dividing line of what is and what is not a rebody has never been clear to me.

Supposing you have a shell with a good firewall with intact tags and hidden vin, but quarters/roof/rockers, etc. are replaced. You also replace the doors/fenders/subframe/hood, filler and rear valance panels and then (topping it all off, but not really germain) install a "matching numbers" drivetrain and everything else.

Rebody?

[old5.0]

In my opinion, once you've replaced every square inch of the car besides the firewall, that's a rebody. If you had to replace that much of it, that car was dead.

Legally, however, it's a different story. As long as the VIN's aren't disturbed, it's acceptable, I think.