Beck does not and never has just sold bodies. Their frames - 3" DOM (not stainless) steel -and bodies are bonded together during assembly. Mine was nowhere near the first, being #184, but they had kept a relatively low profile until then. I think mine was sort of a public announcement of their presence in the market, and they have grown every year. They have also instituted significant improvements almost every year as well. I'd be suspicious of any car who's seller said it had a Beck body, but implied that the frame came from elsewhere - simply not true.