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[HK1837]

I agree it is obvious what the seller's intention is, but why bother worrying about it? It is only a V8 GTS. and if I was a buyer of this as a modified street car I wouldn't give a rats if it was the original body shell or not. If it was a full on original resto and paying accordingly you'd go digging to check such stuff out, but as say a nice HQ street car with 350 and TH400 in non-original colour it wouldn't matter - it might as well be an original 173 3spd drum brake HQ Monaro body and tags or GTS tags on another GTS body.

[SLR_dave]

PSN and the Body No. are the same, so the VIN is 8Q37TDH822769Q, old mate is not as clever as he makes out

These tags have been up for sale before and included a firewall cut with the body stamp and he still claimed they were for a collector.

When I record these I put a note in my comments with "Tags only" I haven't found any that have come back to life 'yet'

Perhaps start a section similar to the GMH Torana Dodgy Tag thread

Seems to me you raise an interesting side point there Mr Jones. I think its great work that you (and others) keep notes and records, its vital, and helps us all. But if a person who had kept notes did at some stage learn that a set of reused tags had come back to life, and it seemed the owner of the car had bought it genuinely, thinking it was the real deal, would the person with the knowledge tell them? um... could they? and... should they?
I would imagine online listings of known dodgey tags, would make such considerations (if they ever come up) a bit easier. Any sense of responsibility or public duty, that may potentially concern the mind of an knowing individual, could be considerably negated, as the info would be publically available.

I didnt realise the GMH Torana site had a Dodgey Tag Thread, sounds like thats the sort of thing I was thinking. I just tried to see if I could find it easy, couldnt see it after about ten mins, but I'm not a member on that site. Are they only listing dodge tags for Torries?

I think it seems like a reasonable thing for potential new owners of a classic car to be able to access online, and to have on this site if its easy enough to do. Its a nice service. Wonder what others think.

(Trying the multiple quote post see if this works)

I agree it is obvious what the seller's intention is, but why bother worrying about it? It is only a V8 GTS. and if I was a buyer of this as a modified street car I wouldn't give a rats if it was the original body shell or not. If it was a full on original resto and paying accordingly you'd go digging to check such stuff out, but as say a nice HQ street car with 350 and TH400 in non-original colour it wouldn't matter - it might as well be an original 173 3spd drum brake HQ Monaro body and tags or GTS tags on another GTS body.

I understand what you're saying Byron, and in this instance I think the tags would be hard to use, but then again, what to a well seasoned performance car enthusiast/aficionado/expert is only a V8 GTS, could be the dream and aspiration an unsuspecting 20 something year old is about to make into their first money pit! I can't see these particular tags getting used like that, but, others could be. I wonder if it is much bother, seems to me it would be a quick and easy database to start. It's not as if it has to be complete or anything, just a note on those known. Revs (for instance) dont suggest they have a complete list on encumbereds, just those they know of.

Incidently, I recognise and recall that there were those that agreed, and those that disagreed with my opinion over the dealer certificate thread a few months back (incidently, I didn't take that any further as I suggested I might, because, there seemed to be members who felt it wasn't helpful to anyone) so on consideration I just left that. Dealer certificates with limited use are different, in my mind, to full sets of tags being sold though.

[Sandaro]

I agree it is obvious what the seller's intention is, but why bother worrying about it? It is only a V8 GTS. and if I was a buyer of this as a modified street car I wouldn't give a rats if it was the original body shell or not. If it was a full on original resto and paying accordingly you'd go digging to check such stuff out, but as say a nice HQ street car with 350 and TH400 in non-original colour it wouldn't matter - it might as well be an original 173 3spd drum brake HQ Monaro body and tags or GTS tags on another GTS body.

Presumably someone could illegally misuse the plates by putting them on a Monaro coupe that was a base model and passing it off as a factory GTS 308 (adding about 15,000-20000 in value to finished product IMHO) or putting them on a coupe that presently has no tags at all (and reaping even better return).