former drag car with missing dash and VIN...

[no318]

I looked at a for sale road runner the other day that has been a drag car for years.  Legit car, title, fender tag, door VIN sticker, but the dash frame (with VIN tag) was removed somewhere along the way.  Has anyone ever dealt with this legally before?  I am not interested in something shady or questionable.  Is there a way to handle it or do I just walk away and not buy the car?  It would be a street/strip car, not a orig. resto.  Thanks.

[RD]

welcome to the inconsistencies and double standards and total idiocy of moparts and their uneducated moderators.

there is nothing wrong with that car.  it has a title, and a matching vin on the door.  ensure the vin matches the radiator core support and the numbers up under the dutchman panel in the trunk.  if all checks out, you will have no issue with getting a replacement VIN made for the car to prove its legitimacy.

[FLG]

welcome to the inconsistencies and double standards and total idiocy of moparts and their uneducated moderators.

there is nothing wrong with that car.  it has a title, and a matching vin on the door.  ensure the vin matches the radiator core support and the numbers up under the dutchman panel in the trunk.  if all checks out, you will have no issue with getting a replacement VIN made for the car to prove its legitimacy.

Agreed!

If the car possibly does not completely check out, or if you just dont want to go about it that way. The only other option is getting a new vin issued.

With my charger someone ripped the VIN plate off the dash, i have NO idea why. When i bought the car it had its fender tags so i was happy, but has a NY state issued VIN number.

[no318]

Thanks for the help.

[hemigeno]

if all checks out, you will have no issue with getting a replacement VIN made for the car to prove its legitimacy.

Sounds like there's nothing wrong with the car, but AFAIK there is no one reproducing period-correct Chrysler VIN tags.  As stated, it's both possible and appropriate to request a state-issued replacement VIN tag in situations like this, but I don't think they will re-use this car's former VIN.

Tags and numbers don't make a car run any better or worse, but they do affect its market value.