Need? Not at all. However, it's a marginally more valuable thing to have.
If you can say you built an E-type with old stock and found a VIN, maybe using the original engine block or some other component, then it has a tie with the original and so adds a tiny bit of credibility and tiny bit of value.
Car collectors are weird.
I wouldn't buy one in my position. I'd just buy a real one.
Oh, wait... I have! In fact, I'm pretty sure I own two of 'em. Wait, no... No, I know I own two of them. I have so far only driven one of them any real distance. I have driven both off and onto a trailer to get them from where I temporarily stored them to my estate after the barns were built.
yeah a real one would be better
I'm pretty sure it has to be disclosed when selling it. I know it's disclosed at auctions. They refer to it as a 'VIN announcement'.
I just sent in a grand to reserve one of these:
I would think it would have to be.
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