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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Spokane, WA
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I would be afraid the last guy with the title for the truck would show up at my door and want his truck back after I had spent countless hours and dollars on it. I had a Camaro for two years that I had a title for but when I got hit by a guy running a red light and the insurance company was looking it over they found it had mismatched VIN's. Turns out the car was stolen 20 years earlier and the dash VIN had been swapped with another Camaro of the same year. The VIN plate on the dash was held on with screws that were only visible when the dash pad was off the car. The insurance company that paid out the original claim 20 years earlier took the Camaro with no compensation to me what so ever. Moral of the story, the last person with a legitimate title for the vehicle can take it from you at any time no matter what. A bill of sale from somebody who really doesn't own the vehicle legally or a title that really doesn't belong to that vehicle won't save you from the real owner with title in hand.
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Tucson
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The thief sprayed it flat black but didn't change the wheels, grille or any of the rest of the details. When my friend saw it in a shopping center parking lot he checked for the fuel pump bracket I had welded to the frame above the rear axle...it was there, along with the stainless hardlines we installed for the holley pump. DMV and the local cops would not assist in the recovery as the donor wreck was leaglly titled out of state and then the title was transferred. Mayhaps this will happen to you! Last edited by LONGHAIR; 07-17-2010 at 12:52 PM. |
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Austin Tx
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Re: Title Anyone?
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Oh course this is not legal, is it done in restorations? yes.... But if thieves want to steal someones truck they are going to. Swapping VINS in restoration projects has nothing to do with the fact that your buddies truck got stolen. The problem is that the thieves were so stupid not only to change the vin but they did nothing to change the appearance of that hiddious truck after they stole it....... Last edited by LONGHAIR; 07-17-2010 at 12:52 PM. |
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Location: Winder, GA
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Classic Chevy Recycler
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Alabama
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Re: Title Anyone?
I've bought 3 of these old trucks without a title. I know someone who works at a dealership processing titles and I have her check out the vin before I buy. So far no problem. I do wish I could have a title though..
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: San Francisco, CA USA
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CA is pretty good about this. Not only is it illegal to swap VIN tags, but it is illegal to even possess a tag that is not attached to a vehicle.
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Alden NY
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Re: Title Anyone?
Just a statement of fact. There are lots of folks who switch out their rusted cabs to a solid one. Since the VIN plate is on the cab, it necessarily has to be removed from the old cab and placed on the donor cab to remain numbers matching (partial serial on frame to VIN tag partial serial). You are not registering the donor cab. Your truck is already registered or titled depending on the state. I can not understand the discussions that often take place on this subject.
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Classic Chevy Recycler
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Alabama
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Re: Title Anyone?
That's one of those, to each his own..
You do what you have to with these old trucks.
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Marietta, Georgia
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Re: Title Anyone?
There are plenty of SC board members.....my contact is not on the board.
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