rebody question

[charger01]

Is it illegal to swap bodies from car to car?  I bought another mopar while my charger is away.  It needs so much work though.  By the time I bought all the sheet metal it needs and pay someone to install it.  Would be cheaper to find a donor body.  Is this ok to do or is it against the law?  The car is nothing special, just trying to find the cheapest way to get it back on the road.

[69charger2002]

it's against da law. somehow it happens every day though

[Charger-Bodie]

if you ask me its stupid that it is illegal but YES it is......in my opinion if a car is represented for what it is it shouldnt matter. the only people it stops are the honest ones cause the misrep. crooks will surley keep doing it......and lastly a doner body is simply parts to fix a car, just like china parts except that stuff is acceptable

[Mike DC]

 
Nothing wrong with buying another bare body & swapping the parts into it, as long as the eventual finished car is identified as being the body shell rather than the rusty parts-donor car you already have.  No VIN swapping allowed. 

[69DodgeCharger]

 
Nothing wrong with buying another bare body & swapping the parts into it, as long as the eventual finished car is identified as being the body shell rather than the rusty parts-donor car you already have.  No VIN swapping allowed. 

Sometimes you don't have a choice....Ask me how I know.

[terrible one]

If it's nothing special, I would just get the donor body and swap all the parts onto it as planned, but just stick with the donor body's VIN.

[moparguy01]

in the eyes of the law, at least in ND and MN, a car is defined as the cowl forward. just alittle something I've learned dealing with repairables. If you have all repaired metal from the cowl forward, it is legally that car.

just something to think about.

[Big Lebowski]

  You can't get the body off, you've been watching too much Boyd Coddington, only Chivvyys & Furds can be taken off the body.