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Originally Posted by Waffle
Easy to get away with that one even though technically its illegal.
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Originally Posted by offroadohio
I've swapped f150 cabs onto f350 and vise versa and unless you get cuaght at a random safety inspection or sell it out of state or try to make an insurance claim there'd be no issues.
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Yeah, I know anything is "okay" if you don't get caught.
I'm just not clear, exactly what is "illegal" to swap?
I swapped the engine in my XJ. If it has a VIN (I'm not sure it does) it now won't match the one on the body. Is that illegal?
Any more, I understand a Civic has a VIN on every fender. Changing one is illegal?
The frame is just another (major) part of the car. How is it, legally, any different from changing a spark plug?
I'm sure that, realistically, I'm worrying about nothing. A '46 doesn't even have a VIN. And assuming I can get it titled by the serial number before I start tearing into it, nobody will ever give a squirt after that.
I'm just curious why a frame swap would invalidate the VIN. At what point the car stops being what it was, and becomes homemade.
I always heard that the VIN tag and whatever it's riveted to should never be disturbed, and everything else was fair game. 'Course, I have exactly zero to back that up, either.