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Offline Cheyenne

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No vin tag
« on: August 13, 2011, 12:58:01 pm »
Hi everyone no related truck question here!! My friend went and got what it looks to me 70 percent restored 63 impala base model. It's matching numbers besides the trans it was a 3 on tree.. However he looked at it and payed figured he have it shipped. Went through the car matching cowl tag etc!! So it comes up when someone painted it you can see the rivet holes were painted in maybe 8 years ago. He has the title guy had a bit.. There no vin tag in the door though nothing so what can we do know? I hate to see the car be junk or parts car to nice.. It has a clear title and everything buy the door vin is gone. Not sure what to do in Ind they have police check the vin and you go bmv than and title and register it. With out a vin tag the car is what useless and he got robbed I guess you could say. These cars are 48 years old held in by 2 rivets I think when it was painted years back the vin was taken out.. Anybody ever had this happen? Any tips be great he's really bent up about it thanks everyone!!
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Re: No vin tag
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2011, 02:06:15 pm »
     In California you can get a duplicate VIN #.  But it is no easy task.  You have to have documentation of the previous registration, then you have to pay to get the frame, engine, etc. vin #'s verified. 
     Than the chp has to check it out and then you take all that paper work back to dmv.
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Re: No vin tag
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2011, 04:12:10 pm »
Im really surprised he didn't check but than again when there in the door like people forget. Wow California takes the car apart can't be cheap.. Not sure what they do here in Indiana this is really messed up though. It's a out state car he had the vin from the title run and it was ok..
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Offline Irish_Alley

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Re: No vin tag
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2011, 06:30:22 pm »
you could buy a junk impala and trade vins and titles
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Re: No vin tag
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2011, 09:52:44 pm »
That be a bit shady plus even a parts car be 2000?? Anybody have one cheap lol.. They taking about me bringing the car them I don't want them taking it apart..
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Re: No vin tag
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2011, 08:20:27 am »
if you buy and old busted up rusty car you can get it cheap. Its either that or you take it to dmv where is something doesn’t look right you might it anyway and they take it apart and you still pay for that
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Re: No vin tag
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2011, 09:17:52 pm »
He said they use make reproduction tag?
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Re: No vin tag
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2011, 10:11:33 pm »
Quote from: Cheyenne on August 13, 2011, 12:58:01 pm
It's matching numbers besides the trans it was a 3 on tree..

Numbers matching means the vin should be there, and match the #'s on the block and anywhere else.....
If the vin wasn't on the vehicle, you can not show it as a numbers matching vehicle.
He should have never bought it without the vin on the vehicle.  
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