View Single Post
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 06-20-2008, 09:21 PM
Got the Bug's Avatar
Got the Bug Got the Bug is offline
Senior Club Cobra Member
Visit my Photo Gallery

 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Santa Cruz, CA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2613 Titanium w/Black, Roush 402SR
Posts: 4,098
Not Ranked     
Default

Quote:
SPO1715 wrote: Correct, but the official VIN is the number issued by the state. This number is on a metal tag and it is riveted on the frame just like a regular VIN plate on any vehicle. The state could care less what the vehicle number is.
There's now rhyme or reason in CA though. Some CHP offices assign a new VIN and rivet a plate to the frame, while others use the chassis number assigned by the manufacturer (the latter is common with SPF owners in the South SF Bay area)
__________________
Doug

No stop signs, speed limit - Nobody's gonna slow me down - Like a wheel, gonna spin it