Hahaha! While I have stronger feelings about it than a honey badger, I'm with you. I don't have a moral opposition to car enthusiasts circumnavigating the complete nonsense legally required by misguided litigation, especially when the laws aren't enforced upon those it was intended to target; but instead upon those collaterally effected by it.fulsizjeep wrote:I watched someone change a VIN plate once on a Wagoneer firewall. Am I an accessory to a crime? I feel mostly honey badger about it.
Agreed, it gets done often in CA...REDONE wrote:Legally you can't do it. That said, the laws were written to target car thieves and chopshops, so a guy combining two cars he legally owns to make one good one isn't against the "spirit" of the law, only the "letter". Doesn't mean your junk won't get confiscated and crushed if you're caught, though.
Follows the chassis and drive train.will e wrote:Question: If I roll my Cherokee and swap a different body onto it, does the combined truck become the VIN on the frame or the VIN on the body?
When the DMV inspected my f250 they never even looked @ frame.Stuka wrote:Follows the chassis and drive train.will e wrote:Question: If I roll my Cherokee and swap a different body onto it, does the combined truck become the VIN on the frame or the VIN on the body?
If you have to go to a referee here, they are VERY thorough.babywag wrote:When the DMV inspected my f250 they never even looked @ frame.Stuka wrote:Follows the chassis and drive train.will e wrote:Question: If I roll my Cherokee and swap a different body onto it, does the combined truck become the VIN on the frame or the VIN on the body?
door jamb vin and dash vin.
When they inspected my '79 cherokee they only looked @ body as well.
When I had my '73 inspected again all they looked @ was body.
Maybe chp is more thorough?
Neither of jeeps had a full vin stamped on frame so they probably didn't care.
I do like the 4 doors but I also prefer and admire 74 Cherokees over all the other Cherokees.tgreese wrote:IMO it would be a bit sad that you destroy a first-year Cherokee with a manual transmission to make what is basically a Wagoneer. A 2-door model with a manual transmission should be the more valuable car, but folks are nutty for Wagoneers...