Posted by Charlie (IP: 131.204.141.5) on December 03, 2000 at 16:33:03:
In Reply to: VIN numbers posted by Craig Selvey on December 02, 2000 at 20:09:39:
I consider it wrong. Sam, what you did you did for yourself. No problems with that, my car is far from stock. And personally I think its worth more that way. The only time I would consider this 'moral' was if you had a junkyard Maverick that you fixed, say, without a title, and bought a parts car that was well beyond saving with a good title. Swapping the VINs so you could license and drive your car would be ok, in my opinion. But that car should stay in the hands of the 'creator' and not be sold for profit.
I don't get it, there are Shelby clones from wrecked Shelby VINs and stuff, but I don't care about originality one bit. A fast, nice car is a fast, nice car. And a modified car is better than a stock one (IMHO). But some people DO care. and lying to them to make money for yourself is WRONG. -CP
: I have a question for you all. What do you think, legally and morally, about someone taking the VIN number off of a Grabber and putting it on their regular Maverick so they can call it a Factory "Grabber". Once it is done, it is hard to prove I suppose, so legally there is not much you can do.
: The reason I ask is that I had a parts car Grabber I put in a junk yard about a year ago. I had a guy call me last week and ask if I had the title to that car. I told him I did not. He told me he bought the car and was going to restore it. I told him that the car wasn't worth restoring and that is why I put it in the junk yard.
: I went out to the junk yard a few days later to discover the guy stole the VIN off of the dash. I know that he is going to put it on another Maverick and call it a Grabber....a V-8 Grabber at that according to the VIN.
: I was pretty peeved about it. I still have the VIN written down so if he pulls off the scam, I will know the real story behind that VIN. From now on I will destroy the VIN number on the cars I put in Junk yard just to prevent this fraud. I guess you know my opinion :)