A tough car to restore

Fishracer66 said

As long as the VIN tags exist, anything is possible. Happens with valuable cars all the time. Look how many old Ferrari and many other old race cars were crashed and burned beyond recognition, rolled into balls, or whatever. As long as the VIN tag existed the car can be re-built as good as new, even if the only original part is the VIN tag.

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Very true, a friend at work just finished a Lotus 7, it had been wrecked, and rolled in a race sometime in the 60's.
He and his retired neighbor rebuilt most of the frame and about 95% of the aluminum body.
Took him about 5 years in his home garage, but just yesterday he said it took it for a drive.
He said the only reason he fixed it is because it had all the original vin tags, and title, he also went as far as to have the lotus factory verify before he bought the project.

I would not touch that Daytona, even if I could put it together and finished it.
The original owner or their heir happens to have the title you could lose it in a court case.
My buddy lost a antique bike one time that he restored from a basket case flee market buy.