[MultiMopars]

This story has been on at least two Mopar sites in the last week or so.

Talk about a bunch of people that have no idea of what they are saying.

Not to mention, the police had no record of the original theift?

The V.I.N. had apparently never been tampered with, which as we know tells us the model, engine, year, and plant built in of the car. They go on and on about the fender tag and how it was changed to HIDE the true identity of the car. What a bunch of IDIOTS. The police don't look at the fender tag to determine the identity of a car but rather the V.I.N. We all know that often times fender tags are missing and it means nothing LEGALLY. Now if you don't have a V.I.N. tag and try to get a car registered in a state that requires a physical inspection your going to have some explaining to do. The car will NEVER get registered without one and you run the risk of having the car impounded by the authorities.

This story is the kind of thing that makes people THINK that an items like a fender tag has some kind of LEGAL signifigance. I can assure you that it does NOT.

This also brings to mind recent posts about the strength of the NICB in recovering stolen cars. Although the posts were more about IDing rebodies. This just goes to show you that there are plenty of holes in THEIR system that prevent them from finding stolen cars that are still running around WITH their ORIGINAL V.I.N. plates in place. If this is the case how in the world do we think they are ever going to be able to truely identify a rebodied car that was never stolen or had any stolen parts used?