Originally Posted by
vertigo
Many people are having the drive train removed from cars in japan, shipping the shell over as parts / salvage, then re-installing the drive train and registering it as a kit car.
Um I know this, and nothing with that is illegal, as long as when it is reinstalled every thing is DOT legal, but it has to be done by a shop that can give out titles/vin #'s aka hot rod shops and stuff like that.
Now illegal would be the good ol' vin swap..