Help... Vin #'s dont match

Altering or removing a VIN tag is a federal crime. Since the car in question has a VIN tag that doesn't match the car it's attached to, well, a crime was committed. Since the stamping on the core support has also been messed with, an attempt to cover up that crime has been made. Having the title means NOTHING if the car was stolen. The previous owner, when contacted by law enforcement, will no doubt say everything was matching when they sold it, making the current owner the criminal that messed with the VIN. Yeah, that's how that'll go.

Hide it? Brilliant. What happens if you get rear ended and need repairs? If the your insurance company finds out, they can and will refuse to pay. Car was misrepresented, no pay out. That's if it's NOT stolen. And of course if law enforcement finds out after the fact, VIN tampering is a crime.

Listen to Alaskan T/A. Get this straightened out. There are steps that can be taken to make the car legal if you take care of it now. It will never be a matching #'s car, but it can be made legal IF it's not stolen.

Or don't. Worst case is its stolen and you'll go to jail. No kidding. Best case is no one ever finds out, but you're stuck because you can't sell the car without commiting a crime.

Insurance company won't care? Yeah right. Google "stolen car returned after" . Just that. You'll get DOZENS of hits for cars returned after 20, 30, even 52 years. Yup. Don't listen to Gorsky, he's 100% wrong on this.