Legal question about vin/cowl swaps

NovaMob03 · #1 10-19-2006, 04:08 AM

Pete, whose Gibb Nova are you referring to? If it's #21 the vin does match the hidden vins.

**Charley Lillard** · #2 10-19-2006, 06:13 PM

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

**PeteLeathersac** · #3 10-19-2006, 06:27 PM

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

~ Pete

agtw31 · #4 10-19-2006, 06:43 PM

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..

NovaMob03 · #5 10-19-2006, 07:29 PM

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.

Kim_Howie · #6 10-19-2006, 07:32 PM

Thanks Pete for your answer. Kim

Kim_Howie · #7 10-19-2006, 07:35 PM

Jude, Unless you have both titles you DONT own it!!!

NovaMob03 · #8 10-19-2006, 07:48 PM

That's a good answer, Kim. Didn't think of it that way.

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.

**PeteLeathersac** · #9 10-19-2006, 08:02 PM

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?

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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

Verne_Frantz · #10 10-19-2006, 09:02 PM

I'd suggest that you run the hidden VIN through DMV. You might end up doing a good deed and having the car returned to it's previous legal owner...

Verne

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