Vin issue 1965 barracuda

I personally think you're right. Is it worth the effort right now? Probably not. But, as the years go on there's fewer of these cars out there, so there's some hesitation on my part to send it to the crusher.

I run a restoration shop and we restore cars everyday. So we sometimes run into these higher end cars that are rust buckets. We're doing a 1969 TR6 right now that would have made more sense to buy a body brand new. It's available but very expensive. That new body doesn't come with a vin plate, it's transfered to the new body.

This barracuda is in far better shape as far as the body shell goes. Around the shop we've discussed restoring just the body shells and selling them without vins. Somebody that has a rust bucket can transfer the vin plate, core support bar, and data plate. This is far easier than replacing every sheet of metal around a vin plate.

Obviously some people have an issue with this, but I don't. It's all sheet metal. As long as nothing is stolen I don't see any issues at all.