[fastfredracing]

Before it is no longer the same car? You see people dragging longhood cars off the river bottom where there is nothing left but a silhouette of a 911, and a vin number . Now that they are worth one meelion dollars , you can be sure, that cars considered not save able in past years, are going to full on restorations
So, if you replace 85% of the sheet metal on a vehicle, is it still the same car?
Is there any legal line drawn in the sand as to how far you can go ?
Let's say you have a rusty hulk of a 1970 911s, that is complete, intact, correct numbers drivetrain, etc, but rusted really beyond what is normally considered repairable, but you have a clean perfect tub to take any sheet metal you may need from, at what point have you crossed the line?
I recently saw a pre a speedster that was going to willhoit for a total restoration, and there was really very little there to work with. It looked like he was going to have to literally replace every panel on the car.