Removing the VIN plate is illegal in North America. The original style
rivets are very difficult to come by and in any event, if you caught the
wrath from some misguided police officer at some point and he noticed
that your restoration went right under the VIN plate, he could have the
car impounded at least and crushed at worst.
On the other hand, 'dipping' the bodyshell will remove everything that's
not steel, which includes the VIN and JAL plates, and it is common
practice to restore bodyshells in this way, and that does require
removal and replacement of the VIN plate. Talk to an auto body
restoration guy (or a couple of them) and get their opinions. You may
also want to talk to your state motor vehicle department and get their
official line on VIN tag replacement. Take care to not mention your
name, address, and vehicle you're doing this to, just in case...
Theo
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of BAYER77@aol.com
Sent: June 10, 2003 7:52 AM
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: spray painted vin #
Hi listers
After reading a responce from Rande Bellman. It brought to mind
a
interesting?
Im in the process of going through one of my Sunbeam. Im doing a ground
up &
too this point hadnt given anythought to my number plates and tags.
should
they & can they be removed and replaced? if so is it possible to get
orig style
rivets and can I get orig style spec plates. also I took out my
headlight
bowls, the rubbers are all dried out, what is recomended just a common
rivet.
The vin tag & plates is now somthing to think about since i was
planning on stripping down to steel.
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