I thought swapping VINs was illegal
 

appearently not in Japan.... nor in california...

eBay Motors: Replica/Kit Makes : GTR (item 130205163678 end time Mar-17-08 15:08:35 PDT)

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Is this really true? I have often wondered why great cars like that show up in Canada for so cheap. I have always shy'ed away because you can not track VIN on Japaneses cars.