There are several reasons for listing the parted out cars in the registry.
- Tracking of any cars previously in the registry that no longer exist.
- If requested, the ability to locate a previously owned vehicle. It would nice to let them know that the car does or does not exist anymore. This would be performed only with the current owners permission of course.
Listing all cars will help us validate the different types and numbers of options that came out of the factory. The more data we have on any 65 GS produced will provide us with information to base these estimates upon.
My advice is that if you have enough parts from a GS that could possibly serve as the basis for a re-body (title, engine, ID tags etc) I would not list this car as parted out. You are not creating a car but rather saving a legit car from the grave yard. I'd instead list it as a parts car or as in poor condition so it remains in "living status".
It is my personal belief that what a person decides to do with their cars is at their discretion and it's up to the individual to take responsibility to disclose any such information onto anyone they pass their stuff onto.
I have a car listed as parted out in the registry. This car had a missing blown engine, I received no title since it was a "roller" and basically I bought it for the spotless doors, fenders and frame. I kept the tags off the car for prosperity knowing that it will be lost forever due to the lack of enough original parts to ever bring it back to life and I share this information openly as a service to others and it's another one of 1263 now accounted for. ;D
I hope this helps...
Chris
