vin number

[stump]

my trucks a 87 and it takes 25 years to be an antique, i was thinking about geting another truck like a 83 that is no good and using the vin number and crushing the truck, the reason is i want to get antique plates for my truck so i dont have to inspect it.. anyone els done this?

[impalamark]

I in case you hadn't thought about it what you have proposed

is Illegal .

So you may have a little trouble getting the answer you want

sorry,
Mark

[bigblock73]

Like Mark said, it is illegal.

[old Rusty C10]

its called a tag job and if youre discovered the police will crush the truck you want to insure and youll have none

[stump]

oh i wont tamper with the vin then... just had the thought

[seanconnery]

I wouldn't tamper with the VIN, but maybe you can still find an old skool dude that will pass your inspection for a Benjamin or something like that?...

By and large in most states (I know I can speak for Maryland) the inspection routine is all but a joke, unless your trucks body is falling off the frame and your tires are rotted or something like that. It's getting harder to find an older mechanic who'll write off your inspection though.

[babyJay]

Just hang on to it for 4 more years.

[Eighty-6]

I'm in the same boat with my '86 and really only have two options.

1. find all the emissions equipment from somewhere reinstall it so it can pass inspection for the next 3 years.

or

2. Just do a frame off that will take 3 years so once it's done I can just register it as antique :-)

Not sure what to do about it, i'm still undecided

[68GMC454]

definatly ilegal.. but as long as you dont touch the pop rivets holding it down, who is to say wether the dash is the one that came with the truck.. and as long as the dash pad is down right who can tell if the vin was cut out of another truck and rewelded in a different one... not that i or anybody else would ever do anything illeagal

[old Rusty C10]

now to go one step further,, if you have a 1983 truck and you do a frame off on that and replace the cab with a newer one , even tho its still technically illegal aslong as you have the paperwork to back it up, you would get away with putting the newer cab on the older frame and swapping vins.
Most states want you to not swap the vins and then go to the DMV or state highway patrol with all your documentation and THEY will issue you a state vin which is nothing like the real vin of the truck and hence it looses all value as a collectors item..
doing it my way they can still trace the frame numbers back to the original truck so they see what ya did... your way it looks like someone fanagled the numbers and usually its a stolen truck when they do that

[stump]

oh im not gona bother then, ill just do some extra work to get it inspected

[LEEVON]

fix the problem = move to arkansas

[babyJay]

Originally Posted by LEEVON

fix the problem = move to arkansas

Good one.