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11-28-2006, 08:23 PM
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Replacement VIN plate?
Sorry, it's non Mercedes, but....
My father-inlaw has been restoring his '65 Mustang. Ha is almost at the pait stage and has been finding replacement decals for the engine bay etc... But a few years ago he took off the VIN plate from the door frame and it was put in a closet. The guy who started the restoration for him moved away and the plate is gone. Is there a way to get a replacement VIN plate made?
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11-29-2006, 03:11 AM
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keep your eye on ebay for vin plates but what you are doing then is illegal, i know here in the UK you can order them but they have to be a direct replacment of the original. of course a brand new vin on a 65 stang looks dodgy so that will ring bells to any potential buyer
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11-29-2006, 05:42 AM
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Check with your DMV about what you ought to do legally, then go from there.
Some of the Mustang forums would probably help too. I visit www.californiaspecial.com once in awhile. Maybe someone there might know, several know about restoration too.
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11-29-2006, 10:17 AM
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I had a parts car for which I had a signed pink slip in hand, but had lost the original bill of sale from several years prior. I wanted to junk it, and the wrecking yard wouldn't take it because I wasn't the legal owner. Cal DMV basically told me there was nothing I could do except for finding the original owner (long gone) or paying a bond (like $5k). Signed pinkslip be damned. I ended up cutting it into little tiny pieces with a sawzall and putting them in my weekly trash pickup a little at a time. Good luck!
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11-29-2006, 11:23 AM
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IMHO, I would never call California DMV or the Highway patrol about this. That car will forever be on a black list should you give them the vin and explain as you have here. I would never recommend doing something illegal. California is rediculous about stuff like this. If you removed that vin plate for ANY reason, they will require it to be re-attached with thier latest fasteners de jour, and that is IF they allow it to be re-attached. They ussually will require a new "blue vin plate" be assigned and force you to have that displayed in the windshield/A-pillar via rivets. ANY time you are pulled over in that car you will get the rectum check. That is after a total and anal acid etch of all the various serial number points on the car. If the frame is painted, they will remove any paint and acid etch/test it.
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