That kind of thing was the reason for my comment a few days ago about why
manufacturers seem so casual sometimes with putting VINs and serial numbers
in vulnerable places, or otherwise not permanently marking the cars and
parts in more than one place with its original identity. I know of one DMV
that gave an owner a hard time with registration because the VIN plate was
attached only by screws.
I wasn't saying that all cars turning up with mismatched identity plates got
that way by criminal intent. But in all cases it WAS intent to deceive
someone about the correct identity of the car, if only to make them think
the body plate on the firewall was its original. And yes, I appreciate that
sometimes deceiving the DMV is the only way to get another car back on the
road.
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
From: eyera3@gmail.com [mailto:eyera3@gmail.com] On Behalf Of I Erbs
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 2:09 PM
To: BJ8 Healeys
Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Registry
Many decades ago 3-4 I worked for a shop in LA. We had a box with vin/body
#s in it. We bought wrecks and rebuilt cars that often had no vin plate. We
would grab a vin and screw it to the dash. Theses were old cars. we would
put a good engine in the bay of one with a blown engine. I paid $500.00 for
mine in 1975. Some of those cars are still out there. No criminal intent,
Just tried to get as many cars back on the road. My BT7 is registered as a
100-6.... But that's another story.
Ira Erbs
Portland, OR
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