Unique Performance Busted

[StanAE86]

These are the guys doing the Eleanor knock offs:

http://jalopnik.com/cars/breaking-news/oh-no-eleanor-unique-performance-accused-of-title-washing-319267.php

http://jalopnik.com/cars/news/foose-cuts-all-ties-with-unique-performance-321480.php

[ZfrkS62]

hahahahahahahhaahahahaha

stupid asses. Fucking with VINs is a major no no. Maybe they didn't get the memo

[Garretts_turbo]

hahahaha its the plot to the original gone in 60 seconds hahahaha

[666fast]

So why exactly did they do that?

Money, as always. They took a clean vin number and put them on salvaged cars. The vast majority of people out there do not want a salvaged titled car. By doing this, they pay very little money for the car because it's been wrecked beyond it's value and then sell it for a massive profit because the buyer doesn't know it's a salvaged car. Big time no no.
I assume some of the cars have crossed state lines, I wonder if that adds more to the list of broken laws?

[graywolf624]

This must be a repost!
Has to be, I read about it and discussed it with Nthfinity about a month ago.. and he told me I was about 2 months behind then.

[ZfrkS62]

Money, as always. They took a clean vin number and put them on salvaged cars. The vast majority of people out there do not want a salvaged titled car. By doing this, they pay very little money for the car because it's been wrecked beyond it's value and then sell it for a massive profit because the buyer doesn't know it's a salvaged car. Big time no no.
I assume some of the cars have crossed state lines, I wonder if that adds more to the list of broken laws?


well, the other form of this is that Texas used to re-title cars in the state as clean. So if you had a salvage and registered it in say, Alabama for a few years, then brought it back to Texas, it would be a clean title. Well, the law changed, so that's not allowed anymore. Just another form of title washing.

[pagani]

Oh. Thanks. I didn't think the fact that they used salvaged cars was any sort of a secret. I remember watching an episode of "Rides" about them, where they clearly showed how they made their Elanores.
I saw the same episode of rides unique performance do also work together whit chip foose.
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