Help! Lost vin tag....
#1
Help! Lost vin tag....
I guess I need to start out asking where else I can find the vin# on the car and what hoops im going to have jump through in Virginia to have a new tag made.We're dealing with a 68 Camaro here.The car was pretty rusty when we got it and alot of metal was replaced (including the dash) about a year ago when business was slow and then pushed aside for a while. Now we have the car back in the shop and realized the vin tag not on the dash.Aparently the old dash made it out on a scrap yard run. What to do? I have a clean title for it and asume I can have State Police come inspect the car vs. the vin# on the title and re-asign a new #....
#2
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Your screwed, You figure out how to legally get a new Vin please let us know. Whenever the body shop had to remove a vin they documented and photographed the whole process just in case.
There are many people that love to find a way to marry a clean title to a new Dynacorn body. I realize your not doing that but how can you prove it? If I had a clean title and I stole a different car then removed the Vin what would stop me from saying I lost the vin plate? You figure this out your going to make a lot of friends.
There are many people that love to find a way to marry a clean title to a new Dynacorn body. I realize your not doing that but how can you prove it? If I had a clean title and I stole a different car then removed the Vin what would stop me from saying I lost the vin plate? You figure this out your going to make a lot of friends.
Last edited by Gorn; 11-02-2012 at 04:21 PM.
#3
Well call the DMV and see if they have a specialist. My grandfathers 61 impala lost its vin tag in the door an the state reissued a new title and Vin after having the car inspected by a specialist that was also a sherrif from the DMV had to drive the car to the headquarters
#4
If the car still has the original cowl panel, look for the hidden partial VIN. No other place on the car has the full VIN like the tag did, but a partial will show that the serial numbers match the title (assuming they do). You can't "legally" get a duplicate matching VIN tag. If the state gets involved, they'll issue you a new number, which won't be associated with the original run. Partial VIN Locations
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