Wrecked 1970 914-6 on the Samba $32K, 9140431862 Options

[914Sixer]

Does this car belong to any one here? Shows to be in San Diego, CA. Says complete restoration before it was hit. Donor car that goes with it is a 75.

[toolguy]

one thing in the sellers favor, his local Craigslist ad shows multiple pictures of most of the car. .
All things considered, this vehicle SHOULD NOW HAVE A SALVAGE TITLE. That title would
follow the car and let future prospective buyers be aware of the cars past. .
Yeah I know titles can be washed, but because we [914World] have addressed
the cars condition with the vin associated in this post , future internet searches
of the vin will document the accident and reconstruction. .

PS.. there is no question about legality, transferring vin tags to another vehicle is illegal and also constituents fraud even if there was no original intent to decieve, as the act of changing number was deliberate.. All the rationalization in the world won't stand up in court. Fraud can be traceable back thru change of owners to the offending party.

[rick 918-S]

one thing in the sellers favor, his local Craigslist ad shows multiple pictures of most of the car. .
All things considered, this vehicle SHOULD NOW HAVE A SALVAGE TITLE. That title would
follow the car and let future prospective buyers be aware of the cars past. .
Yeah I know titles can be washed, but because we [914World] have addressed
the cars condition with the vin associated in this post , future internet searches
of the vin will document the accident and reconstruction. .

PS.. there is no question about legality, transferring vin tags to another vehicle is illegal and also constituents fraud even if there was no original intent to decieve, as the act of changing number was deliberate.. All the rationalization in the world won't stand up in court. Fraud can be traceable back thru change of owners to the offending party.

Why do you think it should have a salvage title? Have you done chassis restoration? If not you really need to rethink your statement.

If YOUR car is restored and has had any welding done to it that does not look absolutely untouched is it suspect and should have a lower price? Is rust any less damaging than accident damage? Their both damage and both can be repaired. Classic cars with rising values should not be subject to salvage title consideration. Specially when so many cars are falling in half and many are subjected to back yard repairs that fall far from safe and proper.

When repairing accident damage the goal is to restore things to pre-accident condition. It seems people always bring up this concept of swapping vins as an easy method of repair when in this case the correct method is to re-dimension the chassis repairing panels as you work the damage out and relieve the stress in the chassis.

Next you need to remove what can not be restored and replace the un-restorable parts with LKQ parts. Like, kind and quality would mean new parts if available or used parts manufactured in 1970 or newer. The car is a 1970. There is no reason 1970 used or salvaged parts could not be considered a method of restoring the car to pre-accident condition.

Like I said, I repaired cars crashed way harder and had the state recertify the car to be used safely on our streets and highways.