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Originally Posted by ZOERA-SC7XX
Not only is this statement true, but the states also take your precious CSX VIN number (as well as ERA, FFR, SPF, CCX, etc.), and replace it with their own generic VIN number. Alas, all of our cars are kit cars, component cars, or composite cars, regardless what you may tell yourself.
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Yes, but, the government also classifies a '63 String Ray and a '63 Corvair in the same broad category. Since when have bureaucrats ever gotten the true essence and provenance of anything right? If it were not for their intrusion into the seat belt/emissions/ 5 mph bumper arena, a 2008 Shelby Cobra could be sold with a drive train.
Ford Thunderbird production also suffered an interuption, but came back to life with modern equipment. Had FoMoCo come back out with a reissued '57 T-Bird, they too would have to have sold it sans engine and tranny, to be finished elsewhere. That wouldn't have made it any less of an authentic (but not original) Ford T-Bird.