turbojimmy
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- May 26, 2001
yullose said:Actually... If it has an "R" (reconstructed) title, I think the state of PA will issue a new vin number, so there may not be the issue of vin swapping at hand. I believe it also states something to the effect that if more than XX% of the original car is not rebuilt, an "R" title is required.
I could be wrong, but that info 'sorta sticks in my head.
I'm too lazy to read all of the pages, but PA does not issue a new VIN. They issue an "R" title with the original VIN. Swapping tags or other parts with the VIN stamped on them to another frame is illegal. There is absolutely no way that guy reconstructed ("R" title = "reconstructed" not "VIN swapped") the original vehicle which makes what he did illegal. I didn't look at the auction, but if he's selling it with the VIN from the non-GNX car then that's fine. If he's selling it with the GNX VIN then that's illegal.
All of my salvage cars come from PA. The process seems to be pretty loose - 4 pics, tread depth readings and brake lining readings are all that is required to get a title. There is no physical inspection of the vehicle in its wrecked state nor once it's reconstructed (like in NJ and NY, for example). You could send 4 pics of a similar vehicle and they'd never know. They do require some sort of receipts for the work that was done.
In NJ they take the finished product into a garage, close the door and tell you to wait an hour. They thoroughly inspect the car to make sure the VINs match and that you didn't use stolen parts. You have to have a receipt for every new part and the new parts have to match the damage in the 'before' pics.
Jim