I like the Pontiacs a lot, but am also very involved in the bowties.
The whole "clone" thing has a different meaning with the non-ponchos. No PHS equivalent.
Clone, tribute, recreation is a much more sketchy area without PHS. It is one thing to make a car "look" like something it is not, but once you start messing around with the numbers, that moves into an entirely different area.
With some of the Chevys, its in the trim tag and the VIN means almost nothing. With the Pontiacs and the VIN tied to PHS, thats totally different.
PHS is tied to the VIN. If you tamper with the VIN, thats criminal. So thats where I see the difference in "clones" as far as the Pontiacs go.
Trim tag swapping is not illegal, although most times immoral and in attempt to deceive. Messing with the VIN to deceive is fraud, and should hold a seperation from the "clones".
So what Im saying is that a "clone" is done to "look" like a car. Once you start tampering with the numbers, it moves beyond clone and into fraud, and often times into an illegal area.
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1969 GTO RAIII/4spd, Palladium Silver/Black/Black, PS, PB, AC, Hideaways, Wood Wheel, Rear Defog, Reverb, Remote Mirror, Console, Rally Gauges, SoftRay, and a ton of paper. Garaged, but not a queen.
Build em how the designers and engineers intended them to be
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