# Unique Performance in some trouble (restoration shop) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [November 6, 2007, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unique-performance-in-some-trouble-restoration-shop/38279 "2007-11-06T07:09:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 35
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unique-performance-in-some-trouble-restoration-shop/38279/35 "2007-11-13T10:02:37Z")
From what I’ve heard from people close to Tecstar, the issue wasn’t VINs directly. The issue was paying tax on the manufacture of a vehicle. Apparently UP bought VINs from Shelby that were stamped and destined for cars but never used. These VINs never had a manufacture tax paid on them. When UP added the Shelby VINs to the new chassis they had bought (I guess they were buying new chassis from a vendor), they never paid the manufacture tax. Makes a bit of sense. I haven’t read up lately to see if that is being reported or not though. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unique-performance-in-some-trouble-restoration-shop/38279)._