Missing Dash VIN Tag

Alaskan_TA said

If the title & dash tag are both gone......

Someone may have used them on another car illegally.

Go through the process for a state issued VIN. If the tag & title are in fact in use on another car it may be confiscated & the dash may make it back to the original car.

If the person that swapped it gets busted in the process, even better.

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This x1000

Yes, the state issued VIN will lower the value compared to having the original VIN.

But the original VIN is gone, that ship already sailed. There’s no point comparing the value of the car with a state issued VIN to one with an original VIN anymore, the original VIN isn’t an option.

The options are get a legal state issued VIN and title, or try and pass off a reproduction VIN as original to get a new title. That last one is illegal, and dirty as hell.