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Originally posted by Kputz
Do any of you ever consider moving??? Anywhere??? Ever?????
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To make a long story short, I'm a Florida boy who somehow ended up in So Cal. Unless I win the lotto, I doubt seeing myself retiring here in 15-20 years.
To answer another previous question regarding how the CA DMV works (i.e. VINs), all out-of-state cars brought into CA require a visual vehicle inspection. So whether you go directly to the DMV or a registered affiliate (AAA - Auto Club), they will still fill out their form. My car came with a 17 digit VIN, though only the last 11 digits of that 17 digit stream were reflected on the Title.
According to CA DMV, pre-1982 cars did not have 17 digit VINs. If you look up the VIN for a 1966 Ford Fairlane (or any other Ford car), it will be 11 digits with a specific alpha-numeric sequence denoting point of manufacture, build date, body style and build sequence number.
So the AAA (or DMV) lady will pick up the full 17 digit VIN on her form, and then make you sign a "Statement of Facts" denoting that you are aware of the 11 vs 17 digit discrepancy! That alone triggers the CHP verification. I also believe (my hypothesis) that the CA DMV runs each VIN through an algorythm to determine if the VIN actually fits the car. Using my Ford Fairlane example previously, if the first letter of the VIN for a 1966 Ford does not start with (for example only) a C, F or G, then their computers will kick it out for a VIN verification.
Also, once the DMV sees the car, they will start asking questions ("This is a kit, right?"). Before I started the whole process of buying a Cobra, I convinced myself that registering it outside of the boundaries of SB100 wasn't going to be too much of problem, so long as I had a clean title to start with. Well, I was wrong and I freely admit it. Unless you know someone on the inside (at the DMV), forget about it. Just get in line and get your 1 of 500 sequence numbers, go through the process, and move on. :-)
-Deano
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