the time to run the vin is b4 you buy it not after. too bad so sad. I can remember a few years ago at Carlisle the penisylvania state police were removing front fenders from shelbys to check the vin stampings. If the owner wouldn't do it on the spot, the car was impounded & towed. Myself, if I've bought the vette, I would have kept my mouth shut & used it for my winter rat, & then parted it out. the new owner is most certainly out the car & the money. sucks.