Ah, come on now, you might splatter all over your truck.
Don Hartman wrote:
> Relax Whitney... this doesnt sound like anything a .300 Weatherby
> couldn't solve.
>
> At 07:43 PM 7/6/00 -0700, W&D wrote:
> >I was frantically working on my '39 pickup in order to be able to join a
> >friend
> >with another '39 in a group of funky old vehicles in the local Independence
> >Day Parade. Last Friday the cab and front clip had been cleaned up and
> >primered and the bed was off for sandblast, primer and new wood. I took a
> >break from the tools and trailered the cab and chassis out to DMV in
> >order to get the registration and the mandatory VIN verification. After an
> >hour in line they told me to bring the vehicle to the VIN verification area,
> >which I did. After 10 or 15 minutes of waiting there, a DMV person comes
> >out, looks at the cab and chassis and says "it's not finished yet, we can't
> >do this." To make a long story short, and after showing the supervisor the
> >factory spec option of "cab and chassis" she still refused to look at the
> >VIN
> >but issued me a temporary registration and requires re-inspection after the
> >bed is in place.
> >
> >I'm applying for Historical Vehicle status which is a class by itself, not
> >auto, not truck.
> >Needless to say, if I had a temperature gauge on my body, it would have been
> >pegged out.
> >
> >Can someone tell me this: Do you have to be a jerk before you're hired by
> >the DMV
> >or do they learn that on the job?
> >
> >I have registered several of these old timers over that past few years and
> >EVERY
> >time it's a new hassle. I know they're hoping I'll just take my old truck
> >and just go away.
> >
> ><><
> >Whitney Haist
> >Orinda, CA
> >Chevy Trucks: 2-'46s & a '39
> >www.jps.net/haist/artdeco.htm
> >
> >
> >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> >
> >
>
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