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Originally Posted by ossiblue
All four tags missing points to theft or major repair, IMO. Just changing engine and tranny from factory doesn't mean the car is "hot rod." Many are fairly original except for these changes and hold value as "collectable." A car like that would suffer a greater devaluation with missing VIN's than one which was truly "hot rodded"--body work changes, stripped interior, race set up, etc.
On the other hand, someone who is interested in a track car, a truly hod rodded car, or one he wants to create his own concept from with no concern about market value, would not be turned off by a VIN reissue on a car with no original #'s
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Just for further exploration, If the car has the missing/replaced tags and is in original condition minus the engine tranny configuration change then would this be justifiably still valuable. An original car with "upgraded" engine/tranny change is still a desirable car, so then if the car is not "stock" anymore then what would be the difference in the same type of changes to the car w/ a replacement tag.
They are both still a changed car according to when it rolled off the assembly line and both would still have a legitimate tag. How then would the values be different, if at all.?
--- interesting topic
