The rest of the numbers have already been proven to be meaningless in his state with the issue of a title in his name.
You could probably just have your car impounded
until it can be proven not stolen and have yourself arrested for the posession of property that has the possibility of being stolen. Then you can pay any fines and or fees for the rehabilitating yourself of such possible crimes. Sadly they probably would accommodate you on this.
The legal process is to take the title that has been issued to you and register, insure and drive your car.
No, they haven't. He has a title now because the car wasn't inspected. If the car had been inspected, they would not have issued the title the way it is now. The car will almost certainly not be impounded. He won't be fined. If he turns in a statement of facts from the guy that did the "repairs" more than likely he will be just be issued a state VIN, and possibly a salvage title in this case. Both of which are perfectly reasonable based on the way the car was repaired, and would have been what happened if the shop had gone to the DMV like they were supposed to in order to do that kind of repair.
So us "evil" members, who were trying to point out it was a fradulent rebody, were right after all......what a suprise. I have a couple hemi cars I would like to sell to the other dumbasses in this thread, PM for info
Exactly. It's a rebody, and we're the bad guys.
Read this entire thread today, and talk about psychotic. Getting any "authorities" involved is the last thing anyone should ever do (I know this from personal experience). The car would wind up crushed and the OP would never get his money back. The car looks pretty nice for the one pic we saw. $9,000 for a nice numbers matching 340 car seems like a screaming deal in these days of overpriced muscle car madness, so when it turned out to not be the deal it's really not a big loss. I'm sure you could turn around and make money off it in a heartbeat from someone who isn't a stickler about numbers. Hell, I'd give you what you paid for it.
If you bought it in the mindset that you've always wanted one, and you had a major let-down because it's not exactly what you thought, then I feel bad for your situation. If you bought it to clean up and flip a few grand more than what you paid then no sympathy.
No, the car will not be crushed. It won't be impounded, and it won't be confiscated. If neither of the cars that were combined to make this one was stolen, the only issue is the VIN. The DMV can and will handle that with a state issued VIN, and more than likely no charges will be pursued on anyone.
As the proud owner of a car with a California issued VIN tag, I'll tell you that the best course of action is to involve the DMV as soon as possible. As in, before the repairs are done. Since that's not possible, now would be the time. Or just hope you get away with it and no one notices, but if you get "caught" the repercussions are usually different than if you go to them and try to make things right.
I noticed in the cases that were pointed out earlier as examples of people being prosecuted vin tags were constructed with changed digits and placed on a vehicle. They should be prosecuted.
Even tho there was no auto theft involved which the law was implemented for the law clearly states not to do this. He fabricated the codes with intentions of fraud. This duster has not had this practice applied to it.
Not true, SOMEONE put a VIN plate on this car that doesnt match the body. THAT IS A FEDERAL OFFENSE wether anyone thinks its a big deal or not.
Uh, yeah. Removing the VIN tag and putting it on another car is just as bad as changing some digits. Still VIN tampering. Oh, and what about the core support that may have been re-stamped?
I thought it matched 2 out of 3 numbers?
Not really. The core support has the same number as the dash VIN, but appears "fishy". As in, altered.
