Re: Legal question about vin/cowl swaps
 

Pete...You really do need to clear up the above statement you made....

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Sorry lads. . It was a cheap shot at stealing and retagging the car...nothing to do w/ questioning any car's authenticity. .
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~ Pete

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in Georgia,a no title state for cars a certain age,it's not even the tags that can get a car taken from you.
i saw a guy lose a 69 Coronet R/T because some guy proved he owned it 10 years earlier,and the new owner couldnt provide an ownership history,or actual identity of seller..

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Hey Pete, no problem.
I'm actually looking at an ex-drag Camaro that's had them switched & I'd want to register it by the firewall # instead of the dash vin. You have to wonder why someone would go to that trouble for a drag car.
What if the reason they were switched was because it was stolen? Or, what if it's a special car & the digets are on a restored COPO or Z 28-could I get the tags back? I can't put money into a car that I might not legally own. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/burnout.gif

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Thanks Pete for your answer. Kim https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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Jude, Unless you have both titles you DONT own it!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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That's a good answer, Kim. Didn't think of it that way. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/tongue.gif But, since it does have a title matching the dash vin I might, could, maybe, sorta own it. Isn't posession 9/10th's of the law? I'll try going thru local law inforcement & see what they have to say.

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Jude That's like a being a little bit pregant, you either is or you isn't. That title belongs to another car. If you dont have a title to the hidden VINs you dont own it. Do yourself a favor run from it.!!!!!

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No problem fellas...sorry to be the troublemaker. .

Jude, it's a good thing you've checked the hidden Vins! .
I take it the seller is aware now...was he before? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/blush.gif .
Sounds like you'd better run the hidden Vin...actually both Vins before plunking down any dough! .
How long has the seller had the car and what transfer date is on the title that matches the tags? .
And how far back of a racing history is known...are you able to tell us what year the car is yet? .

~ Pete

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One guy has a car with the hidden vin, but not his original vin tag, but rather a State issued replacement vin. Another guy has his vin tag on another car, and a valid title. Who owns what? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif