Roadrunner or Not

Brad4406 said

How many of you talking about the OP's vehicle being impounded have ever been stopped and had the officer look at your VIN tag?

I acquired enough tickets to almost loose my license years ago and not even once did any officer ever look at my VIN tag. Is it possible, yes, but is it probable, I think not. I think some of you are paranoid about Johnny Law for no reason. I have found that if you don't give him a reason to screw with you, he usually won't.

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I've had my VIN tag checked a couple times. And I've only ever been pulled over a few times, so, do the math- I've had the VIN checked more than I haven't. All on plain old traffic stops. I've only been ticketed on two occasions in over 20 years, and not at all in the last 10 of those. Knock on wood. So no, it's not paranoia. I work with "Johnny Law" on a regular basis in my line of work.

Yes, they can confiscate the vehicle. Will they? Who knows. In most cases, probably not. But it is definitely a possibility, and one the OP should be aware of. Ignoring the situation and just driving the car about as if nothing were wrong is probably not the best course of action. Maybe it would go unnoticed for 20 years. It might! Or maybe it would be on a rollback on the first trip to the Dairy Queen. Extreme ends of the scale, but on the scale regardless.

I would try to get the history on the car first, and I would definitely be in contact with the seller if it was a recent sale. Eventually the OP will have to take the car to the DMV or law enforcement to get the situation taken car of if they end up keeping the car. There probably IS a legal solution that will remedy the VIN tag problem, as long as its not a stolen car. In this case with it being a '68, there are some complications. But yes, I would do some research first, because impound is a possibility/option, and there's obviously a decent chunk of change at stake.