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Subject: [TR] VIN stamping
From: pethier at comcast.net (pethier at comcast.net)
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:12:01 +0000 (UTC)
> From: "Bob Danielson" <75tr6 at tr6.danielsonfamily.org>
> Maybe too late, but you might want to check with your DMV on
> registration of 
> a car with a replacement VIN plate. There's been horror stories of
> guys 
> trying to get a car registered with the original VIN plate but new
> rivets 
> holding it in place. It seems to vary by state and even inspection
> center 
> within a state.

As if an inspector ever came near my cars.  LOL.  Even when I brought in a 
Caterham Seven from Wisconsin, they just accepted the New-Hampshire-issued ID 
number from the Wisconsin title.  Nobody ever saw if there even *was* a car...

As you say, states differ.


Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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