Posted by rickyracer (IP: 209.20.170.49) on December 02, 2000 at 22:07:30:
In Reply to: VIN numbers posted by Craig Selvey on December 02, 2000 at 20:09:39:
bottom line, it's called FRAUD. He's doing it to sell it at the higher Grabber value. He wants the title to make it easier. He could also apply for a "lost" title and get one too. It may also be that he has a stolen car he wants to "clean up" so he can sell it. Call the DMV and tell one of the supervisors, not just anyone that picks up the phone. Some states will no let you take a car out of the junkyard. Insurance, liaibilty. The guy sounds like a rip off artist. Next owner may have the VIN matching problem. Go down to the yard and cut out the fender VIN on the left side under the fender lip. That'll screw him up also.
I have a question for you all. What do you think, legally and morally, about someone taking the VIN number off of a Grabber and putting it on their regular Maverick so they can call it a Factory "Grabber". Once it is done, it is hard to prove I suppose, so legally there is not much you can do.
: The reason I ask is that I had a parts car Grabber I put in a junk yard about a year ago. I had a guy call me last week and ask if I had the title to that car. I told him I did not. He told me he bought the car and was going to restore it. I told him that the car wasn't worth restoring and that is why I put it in the junk yard.
: I went out to the junk yard a few days later to discover the guy stole the VIN off of the dash. I know that he is going to put it on another Maverick and call it a Grabber....a V-8 Grabber at that according to the VIN.
: I was pretty peeved about it. I still have the VIN written down so if he pulls off the scam, I will know the real story behind that VIN. From now on I will destroy the VIN number on the cars I put in Junk yard just to prevent this fraud. I guess you know my opinion :)