Registering, was: <VV> Surviving '69 Convertibles / Registry

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In a message dated 2/13/2007 5:08:27 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
airvair at richnet.net writes:

Suppose,  for example, I had parted out a '69 convert (and
I have, BTW) and saved all  the components, including body and VIN tags.
Then I got a cherry '68 (or  maybe an earlier one) convert, and dressed
it out with the '69's stuff.  Then registered it. (Note that the parts I
salvaged were not, nor ever will  be used like that.) What then?



You would, theoretically, go to jail. It is a felony to tamper with a VIN.  
Now if you were to sell the car a represent it as a 69 and the buyer found out  
that it wasn't, you could then be sued for fraud.
 
But I know no one would ever do that....
 
Ned