<VV> Secret Vin

[shortle]

The car is not useless and it can be registered and TITLED . Here in Colorado, they would require a bond to be posted while they put this vehicle on some nationwide (worldwide?) list and see if anyone comes forth. The state would issue you a new vin and then brand "salvage" on the car so long as nothing shows up during their investigation that you pay to have performed.My '65 Monza Convert. (I've owned it since '85 and is in my name in California though has not been currently registered in 23 years) has a drilled hole thru the vin plate, done by someone previous to me owning the car, and the state of CO wants to "salvage" the car. I said "no thanks" and now I have a car that will require some thoughts on what I will do with it. 
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado

-----Original Message-----
>From: henry kaczmarek <kaczmarek at charter.net>
>Sent: May 19, 2010 9:28 AM
>To: Smitty Smith <vairologist at verizon.net>, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re: <VV> Secret Vin
>
>Smitty Wrote:
>  In one case the title and VIN did not match resulting in no end of grief 
>for me.
>
>Just a friendly reminder.  Almost every state has a re-title rule now for 
>cars purchased out of state.  NC passed theirs last year.
>
>If you purchase a car from another state, it must be inspected before being 
>titled that the secret VIN matches the title you have.  The days of 
>replacing a VIN tag and a title from a junked vair are OVER.  Unless of 
>course, the car didn't come from out of state and you NEVER sell it to 
>someone out of state.  But they'll find a way around that too eventually.
>
>So more Caveat Emptor for those buying Vairs on eBay or from someone out of 
>state.  If that secret VIN don't match the title you have, NO NEW TITLE and 
>the car is useless, you can't register it.
>
>Having worked as a "Contractor" for the DMV of VA (deputy sheriffs go out 
>and remove license plates from cars for them, often with metal shears to 
>keep from getting shot doing it)  I can only imagine the magnitude of the 
>"Grief" Smitty went through.
>
>Hank
>
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