So....What is YOUR opinion on VIN swaps ?

I don't like what it leads to!

I have met the owner and have seen a 69 RR that is ser# 000013. Hemi 4speed, track pac option with special Press Preview fender tag. SEQ 213. Built at Lynch Road with a build date of 7/28/68.

This car apparently went to Motor Trend or similar for Press Preview and shakedown. It ended up in a dealer sales rep hands in Atlanta GA. and was then sold to the current owner in January of 69.

The car was wrecked in late 69 in the front. The radiator support was replaced but the original was kept and still present with the # stamped. Great foresight on the owners part to keep it. All the other #'s on the car, engine/trans/VIN and sheet metal are original and in place. I believe it still gives full credence to what I believe was the first or second 69 Hemi RR produced.

My take is the body/engine/trans/fender tag/vin plate all make a car. Cutting out numbers and splicing them in to foreign metal should never happen! If 90% is there and a piece that has a serial number stamp must be replaced then the original should be saved and presented with the vehicle!

Items that are regularly serviceable should not be considered as changing the originality of the vehicle IMO.