maybe overkill at this point, however, with pics gone from forum I'll repost them so someone doesn't buy this "creampuff" example not knowing it was
RECONSTRUCTED FROM AT LEAST 3 OTHER REGALS; VIN PLATE WAS ILLEGALLY TRANSFERRED; AND HAD A CLEAN TITLE AFTER ALL THIS WORK WAS COMPLETED.
or just not knowing what occurred to "rebuild" this vehicle. If the vehicle was represented as RECONSTRUCTED from the start, no one would have any issues. there would be a title issued illustrating the vehicle classification as such - different states use different words to convey the same - REBUILT; RECONSTRUCTED; and may also include the term SALVAGE. The presiding state's motor vehicle's dept or state police would be involved, as Grumpy noted, to review where the parts were sourced, legally, and a new VIN would be issued for the RECONSTRUCTED VEHICLE.
can't remove a VIN plate from the body, attach it to another body and pretend nothing happened. state police seize vehicles for that.
here is the original Craigslist ad from November 2018 - nothing about being RECONSTRUCTED...
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that is a GM, factory cut Regal hatch roof
(yes, that reflection is the seller at the time and his truck) supposedly he just bought this Regal from the owner of this self-storage facility.)
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Huh? funny how there is no hatch roof notation on the cowl tag. Oh, that's right. this was originally a hard top car. just unscrew those two sheet metal screws and move the cowl tag to the replacement body. no problem!
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no one will ever know what all this means on the trunk sticker. Funny how there is no hatch roof code...
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Oh, wait a minute...deck lids got swapped all the time over the years. no one really paid any attention to those stickers with all that writing.
Whoops! hey, the body VIN matches the VIN on the trunk sticker. My goodness. How'd that happen? only the factory (and chop shops) have those special rivets to attach the VIN plate.
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notice how in the current craigslist ad, there are no pics of the passenger side of the engine compartment. don't want you to see the hatchet job done on the A/C line when the original HARDTOP car was wrecked/stripped.
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the car from GM was a non-posi rear end. what rear axle is in the car now... from the same vehicle that donated the matching engine and trans? or the one that donated the T-top body? or just something else picked up along the way...
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the current craigslist ad is from a used car dealer. it appears this dealer is the one who now has the title listed as REBUILT. perhaps the nitwit trying to sell the car in 2018 unloaded this Regal at this dealer and cut his losses.
the documentation is here.