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Originally Posted by SLO_Z28
Yes they are supposed to, per FMVSSA 49 CFR 567.7 as detailed in FMVSSA 49 CFR 568. .
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has a legislative mandate under Title 49 of the United States Code, Chapter 301, Motor Vehicle Safety, to issue Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) and Regulations to which manufacturers of motor vehicle and equipment items must conform and certify compliance.
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These are regulations for manufacturing of new vehicles not rebuild or reconstruction.
Each state has their own rules for modifying or replacing frames. As a worst case scenario you can have the car re titled as an "Assembled Vehicle" and you just have to show the purchase of the body, frame and motor to get a new VIN issued to you. In Texas you can even have them put the year that the car looks like on the title. Then pass a safety inspection by a state trooper with the auto theft division.
-Russell