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[brokenspoke]

Bingo Brad

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Originally Posted by brokenspoke

Bingo Brad

Brad is definitely correct -HOWEVER, many States often have rules that contradict what was written in the Instruction Book ...or what the protocol was back in 1931 and before.

Secondly, in Tennessee for example, the DMV often requires a State Trooper to come to a location of the vehicle to inspect & verify the correct VIN is legibly stamped onto the Frame. I have shown many Troopers the exact page that Brad has shown in the Model "A" Instruction Book when they are doing this type inspection. More often than not, I have been met with resistance from the Trooper. Their interpretation of that sentence is the word "also" signifies there was an additional number stamped elsewhere on the vehicle ( Frame). That is why I said what I did in my post above about instances where the Frame inadvertently was not stamped, ...and as such the word "also" really does not apply in every instance.

At this point, the Trooper generally tells the new Car Owner their options of either a new VIN will be issued for their vehicle, -or the Car Owner can take this discrepancy before a local Judge and explain to him/her why the numbers either do not match, -or why there is only the number on the Engine. Most of the time the Judge rules on the side of common sense when the facts are laid out before them. It has been my experiences that most of the time this is not the case with the DMV.