You buy that car and you could end up loosing it. No way to check the numbers on it. You might call local authorities and give them the details to see if it is listed as stolen. They could only hunt by model and year. It might be a hard job with no vin. He might be dumb enough to do what he said but I think not. I bet it never had a vin.. especially as a race car. I knew a guy that bought a car that was brought here by an airman when he moved from California. He stopped making payments on the car. My friend bought it, removed the numbers and made it a super stocker. To bad. That happened many times long ago.