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Originally Posted by moore_rb
It's only a federal crime to forge (or misappropriate) a 17 digit, NHTSA coded VIN number.. and that 17 digit format did not become federal law until 1981, and component car companies have always been exempt from the law since it's inception... Which is why most component Cobras get a non-NHTSA compliant, state-issued number when they get registered.
The number stamped on this car, and is being called the "VIN" is an older Ford number format (this particular number came from a base 66 Mustang hardtop)
But, as long as the number on the car matches the number on the title document, most states are going to issue a transfer title without batting an eyelash...
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the swap itself is indeed considered illegal, as it uses an "existing" VIN taken from another car. However, I have known a few early Cobra replica owners who used a 1960's style VIN, but it was a number sequence that was never actually produced by Ford (IE: a number after the end of official production), thereby making it "creative" but not illegal, as the number used never existed on an actual production car. Still a slippery slope, but technically not a Federal Offense
Bill S
PS: For Google searches in the future "Contemporary Classic 110" & "6F07T370386"
