[king_midas]

Uh, no, what I'm saying is that you have people right now that own cars that are "incorrectly" tagged with no intent to commit fraud. What you guys are basically saying is: "Too bad sucker. Now prepare to lose your arse." This is thus a financial hardship, and what I'm saying is that it will wreck the hobby.

Besides, what delusional thought do you have to think that anyone would actually own up to actually replacing a tag? Or that the poor sap that unknowingly has a car w/a replacement tag, or an unknown re-body would waste time/money to track down previous owners?

Yeah, right...

Here's a good one: "My car was being restored, and that's the way it came back to me. I had no idea..." That would be my defense, and I'd tell you to pound it.

What if that X66 you have is fake? How do you know it's not and/or what proof do you have? We all know that engine and tranny stamping can be done all over the place, and that all paperwork can be faked. Oh no, here we go...

Hey, maybe the dealer wrecked and re-bodied it... Who knows-- 1969 was 38 years ago. A guy that worked for my father years ago worked at a Ford dealer, and the maintenance guys tore up a new Boss 302 badly, which was then fixed. Hey, it's possible. Cars are nothing more than consumer goods-- Durable goods, really. So, back to the X66-- What do you do if you have to sell it, and you have to defend yourself?

See what I mean... Changes a bit, doesn't it...?

I would say that the possibility of a re-tag or re-body is just part of owning a Chevy, or any vintage car, but especially a Chevy... And that's the way it is.