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11-06-2010, 11:57 AM
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As the clerks at DMV say - "Next!"[/quote]
I kinda think that if I can't find any numbers then there just aren't any. The big boss at the SJ CHP is a friend. I'll ask her next time I see her about what I should do. It would be nice though to have the "correct" paperwork. 
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11-06-2010, 11:12 AM
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so jealous
congrats!
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11-06-2010, 11:58 AM
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so jealous
congrats!
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Thanks. A couple of my buddies have threatened to steal it already.
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11-06-2010, 12:39 PM
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Looks like your chassis is painted or powdercoated. Look hard where the lower control arm mounts on the front right. It's up towards the top of the tube. Funny how it looks black outside and grey indoors.
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11-06-2010, 12:54 PM
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Looks like your chassis is painted or powdercoated. Look hard where the lower control arm mounts on the front right. It's up towards the top of the tube. Funny how it looks black outside and grey indoors.
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YUP it's powdercoated. I'll go look on the right side. I've been looking on the drivers side. OK , I checked the right side, top, bottom, side, front, back. It ain't got no stinkin' numbers. I'm going with XAVIER'S suggestion ,"youradumass"
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11-06-2010, 01:26 PM
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It IS the drivers side. I think Nick is just intoxicated with happiness to see another CCX get on the road!  |
11-06-2010, 01:48 PM
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Oops, yes I used to drive on the other side of the road it is the US drivers or left side of the car.
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11-06-2010, 02:25 PM
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Oops, yes I used to drive on the other side of the road it is the US drivers or left side of the car.
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"Mickmate",,,,,I'm thinking Australian? Are you sure it's not underneath the frame? It sure isn't on top. I must have an anonymous Contemporary.  |
11-06-2010, 02:44 PM
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In addition to the serial no. on the frame and the tag on the PS foot box, Contemporary usually taped a tag on the transmission hump in the interior...somewhere between the firewall and where the dash would hang down. That tag contained the CCX number...may have fallen off too.
a frame produced in 1993 would defintely have the number under the DS shock tower (earlier torsion cars had them elsewhere), sand it down, the powdercoat or paint fills it in.
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11-06-2010, 05:47 PM
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In addition to the serial no. on the frame and the tag on the PS foot box, Contemporary usually taped a tag on the transmission hump in the interior...somewhere between the firewall and where the dash would hang down. That tag contained the CCX number...may have fallen off too.
a frame produced in 1993 would defintely have the number under the DS shock tower (earlier torsion cars had them elsewhere), sand it down, the powdercoat or paint fills it in.
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I sanded down a couple likely looking scratches to no good. This is a torsion bar frame. B4 I sand off all the powder coat, I'd like to hear from somebody who knows a more accurate place to look. All the body tags don't seem to have made it through the years.
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11-06-2010, 03:37 PM
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Sounds like a job for a hammer and chisel........
keep looking John...its probably on there somewhere.........
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11-06-2010, 05:53 PM
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Have the experts that have weighed in here confirmed that your kit is indeed a Contemporary? Just wondering if it might be something else.
I have no idea, just asking the question. 
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11-06-2010, 05:56 PM
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Have the experts that have weighed in here confirmed that your kit is indeed a Contemporary? Just wondering if it might be something else.
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Everything else checks out. I have the original manual that came with it. Everything appears just like the pix in the book. I have the original windshield box from Contemporary. |
11-06-2010, 06:03 PM
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Everything else checks out. I have the original manual that came with it. Everything appears just like the pix in the book. I have the original windshield box from Contemporary.
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Cool. Just thought I ask the question. Have you had a chance to take some detailed pics and post them? It might help other Contemporary owners assist you.
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11-06-2010, 06:09 PM
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Cool. Just thought I ask the question. Have you had a chance to take some detailed pics and post them? It might help other Contemporary owners assist you.
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This is the same car that danielg had for sale on the forums here. I can take pix of anything and post them , I just don't know what to take pix of.
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11-06-2010, 06:23 PM
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If someone could post a picture of their frame with the numbers visible then maybe it would give you a more accurate place to look......
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11-06-2010, 07:12 PM
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My car is a torsion bar car, and the numbers on the frame were DEFINITELY on the drivers side main tube just aft of the front suspension mounting points. Peter Bayer, currently the owner at Nisonger Instruments, was the owner of Contemporary. You can call him and ask him as well. Perhaps he sent some frames out without numbers? He's the guy to ask.
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11-06-2010, 08:10 PM
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If you have no supporting documents that show a frame # then don't worry about it, the CHP can asign you a new VIN #. just make sure you have receipts for all the major components when you get to that point. A SPCNS (specially constructed) vehicle is just that in the eyes of the CA DMV, it won't have a kit builders brand name as the make of vehicle on the title because YOU ARE the maker of the vehicle, it is being "specially constructed" of many different parts. again you will need to document all of the costs of your build and weather or not you paid CA sales tax on them, they are trying to get an accurate value for the car so that you can pay the appropriate licence fees, they even want a figure for your own labor so don't spend to much time building it 
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11-07-2010, 06:26 AM
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My car is a torsion bar car, and the numbers on the frame were DEFINITELY on the drivers side main tube just aft of the front suspension mounting points. Peter Bayer, currently the owner at Nisonger Instruments, was the owner of Contemporary. You can call him and ask him as well. Perhaps he sent some frames out without numbers? He's the guy to ask.
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I should have clarified....I meant the very early torsion cars that did not have CCX serial numbers (just a numeric) ....they were stamped in another spot on the tube...can't remember where now.
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11-07-2010, 05:51 AM
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Try a light behind it and look across the tube for the letter indents. Lunch is gonna be expensive from here.
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