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Some people wonder why I often suggest spending $45
with Chrysler Historical to receive factory DOCUMENTATION for a given car's
build history.
VIN tags get swapped. Rare options get
added. Hidden frame numbers though are rarely altered because of the
bother, because they are indeed hidden, and because it is sure jail time if
found out.
If a Mopar seller has factory documentation to show
with the car, he is far more likely to sell.
If I'm the seller, I want to show you such
documentation.
It ought to be there with every car. If its
not, there ought to be suspicion.
As an example, I'm privy to a show-restored '56
Belvedere convertible deal where the car in question is painted in
Canadian-available-only colors and has the extremely rare dual quad
option. There is no factory documentation for the car. If there was,
it would have sold at the asking price immediately. Since there is not,
everything about the car, including the fact it is a convertible is
SUSPECT. The sale will probably go through but the price will be reduced
substantially. [[( NOT my deal, I'm just a consultant.
)]]
Any Mopar I've owned in the last 10 years has had
documentation from Chrysler.
Wayne
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 8:26
AM
Subject: Re: Missing VIN Tags
I have an aquaintance whose ethics I
don't agree with on several subjects. He's a friend of a friend of a
friend.
Several years ago he operated a one-man wrecker business that
specialized in picking up and selling junkers for scrap metal.
He
recently mentioned that it was routine for him to harvest and sell VIN
tags. I guess that I am more innocent than I thought I was.
Somewhere long the line the rule book must have been rewritten..... If there
ever was one.
Joe Savard
Lake Orion, MI
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