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Old 02-25-2006, 08:54 AM
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I don't see a problem with stamping the plate with your actual VIN, or even with a VIN that's "similar" to a real Shelby (like CCX3090 or something). But to stamp a real Shelby VIN on a non-Shelby car, is not only fraudulent, but hurts the public view of the real cars by people thinking they are looking at the genuine article.

Believe me, I know EXACTLY where you are coming from. I wanted to title my FFR as CSX5132. My FFR serial was 5132, and since there was no CSX5132 nor would they ever reach that number in this lifetime with the 5000 series cars, I figured it was okay. But after being told "no" by the title companies, and chastised by fellow Cobra owners for wanting to do it, I came to my senses and realized what I was trying to do was wrong.

I absoultely WAS going to put a CSX data plate on my KMP, but I was going to stamp it with the KMP serial.

Just my 2 cents.
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