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When to cut off and make new dataplate?

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Aviacs

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Reading the "no bill of sale" post reminded me of a legal Q that i have been curious about.
Relating strictly to amateur build experimentals, suppose you buy a fuselage & pile of parts, fuselage perhaps once having had a USA AWC; or alternately, import an airplane that never had a USA AWC. IOW, no matter how you look at the project, it *will* require a new one (new USA AWC).

Are there any legal issues or downsides to simply cutting off the old data plate and stamping a new one for the new build?
Does having an unused, or even the original (of which there would be no USA record or standing of serial #) plans make a difference?

FWIW, not trying to cheat the build log: which would show parts used, adaptations, build, etc. then FSDO determination if that accumulation = AB; preferably with a FSDO that appreciated that "amateur built" includes all labor in the chain, not just the final applicant.

smt
 
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