ebay 81 euro 5 speed in LA?
10-21-2010, 01:30 PM
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WOW ! $3,000 for a none running , 4.5 that can not be registered in California ???? maybe I should pull the coil wire , tear up the title, and sell the old very brown 1980 ..... 
10-21-2010, 06:41 PM
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he is taken with the "looks"......I have warned him about its title problems..but he thinks he can make it work in CA....
10-21-2010, 07:18 PM
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10-21-2010, 07:46 PM
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If a Euro car is not registered in California you must PROVE that it was federalized and everything is OK PLUS pass all smog inpections tests. It basically requires a new federalization by a Lab which costs several thousand dollars same as bringing one in from Europe or Japan ..... Once in a while someone manages to slip one in but that is very, very unusual. As soon as the ZZZ in the vin # pops up the DMV computer has a fit. It is good that he likes the LOOKS because it is probably going to be parked. He will be spending lots of frustrating time trying to deal with the DMV....title , smog , Euro. Worst part is half the advice they give him will be WRONG.
10-21-2010, 07:52 PM
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If a Euro car is not registered in California you must PROVE that it was federalized and everything is OK PLUS pass all smog inpections tests. It basically requires a new federalization by a Lab which costs several thousand dollars same as bringing one in from Europe or Japan ..... Once in a while someone manages to slip one in but that is very, very unusual. As soon as the ZZZ in the vin # pops up the DMV computer has a fit. It is good that he likes the LOOKS because it is probably going to be parked. He will be spending lots of frustrating time trying to deal with the DMV....title , smog , Euro. Worst part is half the advice they give him will be WRONG.
No big deal?
10-21-2010, 08:01 PM
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EPA is the issue, not DOT, so I think it might be possible to get it through a Smog Referee station maybe as an "engine change", but I have little doubt it would NOT be an easy or inexpensive process.
10-22-2010, 01:26 AM
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Yes if you do not mind a potential Felony conviction......swapping vin numbers for ANY REASON is a big NO , NO ! Fron the Findlaw site..."A jury found Jack Petty guilty of aiding and abetting the tampering of a vehicle identification number (“VIN”) in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 511(a). Petty pled guilty to two additional counts of dealing in stolen property in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 659. The district court sentenced him to 60 months imprisonment for the VIN charge and 87 months imprisonment for the stolen property charges, sentences to run concurrently. The court also imposed a fine of $60,000 ($20,000 per count). Petty appeals his conviction and sentence. We affirm. "
Like I said big NO NO even if it is NOT a stolen car which in this case no one KNOWS for sure.....five years and $20k fine...
Like I said big NO NO even if it is NOT a stolen car which in this case no one KNOWS for sure.....five years and $20k fine...
10-22-2010, 02:07 AM
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Back when I first found the Calif Smog History search page I was running every vin and license plate on any 928 I was remotely thinking about buying, one of those license plates came up as a 914.
10-22-2010, 10:52 AM
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I know it is a big no no, trying to be humorous!
But seriously, I remember back when I rode sportbikes on occasion people would actually advertise for sale a bent frame with a clean title. This allowed the people that bought the bent frame that had a salvage title bike or one that was stolen to be registered.
But seriously, I remember back when I rode sportbikes on occasion people would actually advertise for sale a bent frame with a clean title. This allowed the people that bought the bent frame that had a salvage title bike or one that was stolen to be registered.
Yes if you do not mind a potential Felony conviction......swapping vin numbers for ANY REASON is a big NO , NO ! Fron the Findlaw site..."A jury found Jack Petty guilty of aiding and abetting the tampering of a vehicle identification number (“VIN”) in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 511(a). Petty pled guilty to two additional counts of dealing in stolen property in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 659. The district court sentenced him to 60 months imprisonment for the VIN charge and 87 months imprisonment for the stolen property charges, sentences to run concurrently. The court also imposed a fine of $60,000 ($20,000 per count). Petty appeals his conviction and sentence. We affirm. "
Like I said big NO NO even if it is NOT a stolen car which in this case no one KNOWS for sure.....five years and $20k fine...
Like I said big NO NO even if it is NOT a stolen car which in this case no one KNOWS for sure.....five years and $20k fine...