Sorry for the new post but I couldnt take the site to accept the post I had to the other switching vin subject. After growing up Mopar I went thru a period of being a Corvette lover. Had a 63 split window and a 69 427 car. The Corvette more than any other car in the world has fallen victim to vin number changing. Ever notice now after 40 years there are more 427 cars than ever. They made a 390HP, a 400Hp with 3x2barrell, a 427 425HP and a 427 with 435 HP. These cars were scarce from the get go. Yet so many people have bought burned up, wrecked, trashed out cars or simply titles and made what was a plain 327 300HP car into one of the big block, big $$$$ giants. Watching Barrett Jackson these cars bring in excess of $100,000. Now fast forward into the Mopar world and we see the same thing happening. Find an old big block, particularly a Hemi or 440 Six pack car that is ragged out beyond survival simply because of the title and switch out cowls and/or radiator supports and badda bing badda boop you now have your big $$$ mopar. Sometimes its the guy who bought the car who finds out after the fact that he has purchased something that is not what it appears to be. Disturbing or disasturous if you have paid $75,000 for what was originally a $20,000 car. This poor unfortunate will probably just sell the car under the buyer beware philosophy and pass the sham on. I looked at a Satellite car being pawned off as not only a Roadrunner but a 440 Roadrunner at that. This man was very much not willing to say much about the car other than look at it yourself and <you> decide, I am not making statements about the car one way or the other. Very elusive. He had bondoed over the radiator support. Simply up the purchaser to know his vin#s and what they meant. This is why people including me are very touchy on this subject. That is the reason that cars with a pedigree bring more money.
