No worries man, my 300E was chop shopped, stolen (who knows?) at one point and missing the dash/pillar VIN altogether and its been passing inspections for 15 years. Most recently I had it VIN verified as part of the process and it passed that too

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth