There is an article in the latest Sports Car Market magazine (perhaps my favorite magazine now) which describes a situation where a fellow has a Porsche 904.* One day he is at a car show and finds another 904 with the same chassis number.* It is represented as a "Real" car, not a replica.* So he investigates and tries to find more about the car.**

He knows the providence of his car but the past on the other car is not complete.**

It turns out his car was wrecked heavily back in its early competition days and rather than fixing it they pulled the drive train and presumably put it in another car.* I suspect that this original drive train will be found to be from his car (taken after it was wrecked.)*

Perhaps the original drive train sat in a storage until the new car was built around it.

It is a two part article so I have to wait until next issue to find out how it all was resolved.

The question is which is the original car?**

In my mind building a new car around a drive train seems ok to me as long as the car is never misrepresented.* The rub is which car now is entitled to the serial number?

Some time ago there was found to be three D type Jags with the same number.* Turns out there was one car to begin with.....it was wrecked heavily and parted out.* When Ds became million dollar cars one fellow started with part of the chassis, another with most of the body and a third with the drive train and part of the chassis (approximately). Unbeknownst to each other three cars were built all claiming the same serial number.* I cannot remember how it was resolved.* I would suspect an out of court settlement.**

Another time there was found to be two Ferrari SWBs with the same number.* One was an original car which had had the engine changed back when it was racing.* The other was a replica with the original engine.* This case was settled by a fellow buying both cars and putting the original engine back in the original car and putting the other engine into the replica.* He came out head in the deal but I don't know how much.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.