The whole point behind selling this car is a rebody on a 318 or 6 cyl. car.
You mean the papers and the sheetmetal sections that the vin is stamped on is worth 18k to somebody?
I would have thought when you are paying 100k(or more) for a restored 71 cuda vert, you would definitely have an expert check the vin locations thoroughly, inside and out! I guess some people can make it hard to detect.
Plus... imo, If you put the 18k toward swapping the engine in a 318 cuda with ,let's say, a hemi and sold the original 318 car as a "tribute" hemi cuda, i think you fair better than doing a rebody to a fake 340 cuda.
At any rate.... I could never go to sleep again if I ever cutup a 71 cuda vert (even one as badly rusted)for two small pieces of sheetmetal that I was going to fornicate with in order to cheat another person, it would be "dodgy" to say the least!