And in Oklahoma, each town had a tag office. Even if it was only open 2 or 3
days a week or short
hours. If you had a title problem and they refused a title for whatever reason,
you could go to the
next town and use your mistakes to your advantage.
bob_keeland@usgs.gov wrote:
> It seems to me to be the same in every state that I have lived in
> (Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina,
> Virginia, California, Washington, and Hawaii). If you must deal with the
> DMV (and we all must) it is best to go to the smallest town that has a DMV
> and avoid the larger DMV offices like the plague. Most DMV offices in
> large towns or cities take great pride in how nasty they can be. In small
> towns they almost seem to be regular folks.
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> BobK
> 51 3600 5-window project
> Arnaudville, LA
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> "W&D"
> <haist@jps.net> To: "Old Truckers"
><oletrucks@autox.team.net>
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> owner-oletrucks@auto Subject: [oletrucks] DMV
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> 07/06/00 09:43 PM
> Please respond to
> "W&D"
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> Whitney Haist
> Orinda, CA
> Chevy Trucks: 2-'46s & a '39
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