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
>
>
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