dashboard vin plate question
Use a good sharp 1/8" drill bit, grip the rivet tails on the underside with vise grips so they dont spin when you attempt to drill the heads off. Steel rivets, high speed low pressure to just chip away at them till the heads pop off.
Remove the tag and keep it with the title and parts car. I bought this barracuda below as a parts car and it came with the vin tag that belongs to it, (matches the body numbers) but no dash frame. I bought a correct 69 barracuda dash frame and attached the vin back to it with the correct rosette rivets. I am putting it back together.
Legally according to federal statutes regarding vehicle I.D. numbers, I can do this. According to the federal gubmint it's legal to remove the vin for repair purposes which could include repairing or replacing a dash frame, as long as it goes back on the "same" vehicle it was removed from to perform the repair.
Where it gets to be a felony is moving the vin tag, and any other markings such as vin partial stampings and data plates from the body, and transferring these pieces to another vehicle with the intent to defraud or misrepresent.
Plus if you send the vin and title with the dash and keep the tag less body, in most states it's impossible to get rid of the remains of a vehicle to a scrap metal recycler without a title, unless you cut it into small chunks.
Use a good sharp 1/8" drill bit, grip the rivet tails on the underside with vise grips so they dont spin when you attempt to drill the heads off. Steel rivets, high speed low pressure to just chip away at them till the heads pop off.
Remove the tag and keep it with the title and parts car. I bought this barracuda below as a parts car and it came with the vin tag that belongs to it, (matches the body numbers) but no dash frame. I bought a correct 69 barracuda dash frame and attached the vin back to it with the correct rosette rivets. I am putting it back together.
Legally according to federal statutes regarding vehicle I.D. numbers, I can do this. According to the federal gubmint it's legal to remove the vin for repair purposes which could include repairing or replacing a dash frame, as long as it goes back on the "same" vehicle it was removed from to perform the repair.
Where it gets to be a felony is moving the vin tag, and any other markings such as vin partial stampings and data plates from the body, and transferring these pieces to another vehicle with the intent to defraud or misrepresent.
Plus if you send the vin and title with the dash and keep the tag less body, in most states it's impossible to get rid of the remains of a vehicle to a scrap metal recycler without a title, unless you cut it into small chunks.