Title for car where engines are swapped

[JayJay]

Originally Posted by Charlie Stephens

The California DMV used to (and I assume still do) delegate this task to the Highway Patrol. I was lead be believe they knew what they were looking for.

Charlie Stephens

Not always. When my ‘30 TS was brought into California from Wisconsin the California DMV clerk checked the stamped engine number against the Wisconsin title, then issued a new California title and plates. No discussion of VIN anywhere else on the car. I gather that it’s something of a crapshoot among different offices, some can be really anal and some sorta go through the motions. Since I have the body off the frame I’m going to have an official independent VIN Verifier cross reference frame number, engine number and body number in the records.