Originally Posted by Mike B
GM just left it to the individual States to pick which number they would use for titling. Now, if the original engine is replaced, you've just defaced the only way to identify the vehicle as being yours, as none of the other numbers are on record anywhere.

Am I way off base with this thinking?

Mike B smile
Bingo. If the engine number was the ID number for a vehicle, the number it was "born" with, changing it without the permission of the licensing authority is fraud. Having said that, the Data Plate on my '38 was is such bad condition that I replaced it with a repop BUT i re-stamped the OEM numbers on the new plate AND keep the original plate in the glove box in case a problem ever arises. There are lawyers making a VERY good living off of people changing titles, numbers and data plates on vehicles then selling them as something they are not. Personally I don't care to make their next Porsche payment for them.

Last edited by Tiny; 06/08/2020 11:48 AM.
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