Interesting and pertinent story on the VIN front
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Lefty71
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Interesting yes.... this issue will remain a double edged sword as long as there are people willing to cheat.
There is no such thing as a car restoration expert who doesn't realize the importance of keeping the car legal from a documentation standpoint.
There is no such thing as a car restoration expert who doesn't realize the importance of keeping the car legal from a documentation standpoint.
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This is a good reminder to be careful of what you post on any web board in regards to your restoration project. The internet is forever.
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What to do when your project is pieced
together? I bought fenders, hood, grille,
doors, and running boards from one person,
Cab from another, and bed from a third.
The chassis is a custom built tube, designed
and detailed drawings created for final
weldment. The reason I didn't get the cab from
the guy that had the fenders and such, is
because there was no serial number on the
door post. But we did take dimensions from
the cab so we could proceed with the chassis
design and final weldment. I've full
documentation of all parts purchased.
Everything of major concern was purchased
via bill of sale.
The guy who bought the vette mentioned,
bought it in good faith, believing the car was
legit. If there was any question as to it's
legal owner, a bonded title can be applied
for. The car most assuredly has a vin stamped
in the frame (if not a tag) somewhere. If
that number comes up clean, then the cops
are questioning the legitimacy of the body.
In my feeble mind, if you're a car builder,
that's all the cops are entitled to impound,
since there is a lack of a vin tag, or it's
been messed with. One can purchase
fiberglass vette bodies for just about any
year. What is a car but a sum of its' parts?
The Kansas law was written with too
broad of terms in my humble opinion.
joe smith
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Its called an " assembled" vehicle
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I believe it will be deemed as a specialty
built vehicle due to the fact that the chassis
is custom built, and most factory sheet metal
body parts have either been modified or
custom built to fit the chassis.
"Assembled" refers to a conglomeration
of "factory parts" (chassis, fenders, doors,
etc,) that have been aquired to build a
complete vehicle.
This ain't factory....no vin (yet).
Dodge/Plymouth trucks up until
1947 had a cab serial number, a frame
serial number, and an engine serial
number. (no such thing as a VIN back
then). Trying to apply current day vin
requirements with those of yesteryear
is mixing oil and water.
There were only a few states prior to
today's 17 digit vin standards that listed
all three on the title. Most used just the
cab serial number as it was the easiest
to access and read. Some used just the
engine, some got serious and used the
frame numbers. Now multiply that
practice x Chrysler, Dodge. Plymouth,
Ford, ( dare I say it, Chevrolet), all had
their own way of documenting vehicle
builds.
A cab is a replaceable
part, just as a Corvette fiberglass body
in pre 17 numbers' rules. That's exactly
why the Feds standardized the Vin to
17 digits.
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