> Except that 442cash has 67 positive feedbacks with a total feedback score > of 100%. He was the guy for eBay 200043160627 > and still has 200043409118 up with 10 other auctions. He was the guy who > wanted to sell the '67 442 body tag and hinted that he also had the VIN > tag and title for sale, for a total of $700.00.
I agree with you on this one. He appears to be up to no good. If he sold it as a rolling chassis as he replied to Kerry...then no problem....it's legal. >He is unusually mad at me right now And in this day and age, I have a feeling you could get him into some deep cow dung with the threats he has made to you. Just my opinion: VIN tags...illegal. As far as selling cowl tags, I don't know if it's legal or illegal. I understand what you and Dennis are both saying about this subject. Personally, I don't believe in selling or swapping any of the tags or title. I'm also one that believes a car that needs rebodied to survive has reached it's life expectancy and is ready to be parted and buried...no matter what it is. Most of the time, a cowl tag alone isn't gonna do diddly squat for someone trying to fake a rare car unless it shows some unusual paint or interior code like the cowl tag from my '72 H/O with the W45. Obviously, that tag, some paint and a few options can turn any Lansing built '72 Supreme with a factory 455 (U, V or X code vin) into a Hurst/Olds. Maybe I'm dense, but I don't see any benefit in someone taking sayyyy...a green (exterior color) bench seat Cutlass and turning it into a bucket seat Viking blue car and swapping the cowl tag to match. That's done so often, that I can't see any monetary benefit in "showing" it as original. I don't feel that your average buyer would care if it was original or a conversion unless it was a concourse quality car. >I just don't like someone bastardizing our Olds hobby. Speaking of which, you have to be careful of anyone you buy a car from. Back in '99 or '00 I bought a car north of the border and the seller asked me if I could bring back a tranny and an envelope for a certain well known OAI hood reproducer/Olds restorer. Well, the guy came and picked up the tranny, but forgot the envelope (I wasn't home and my wife didn't know). Envelope wasn't sealed so I looked inside to see if was anything important or if it could wait until I saw him at Carlisle in a month or so. Inside...the three necessary pieces to make a 1970 442. He came out for the envelope. I asked him a couple years later what he did with the contents. He told me they were still sitting on his desk....makes me wonder though. Really nice person...no problem there...but are his cars real? Could one of those high dollar restorations that he sold at the Atlantic City auction really been a plain jane Cutlass? Randy
