Re: VIN TAGS was Car #501 (WAS: "Black" DeLoreans)

["fivetwofive" <CBL302@xxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Marc A. Levy" <malevy@xxxx> wrote:
> As I said in my previous message, my information on #501 may be
> incorrect.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: deloreanernst@xxxx [mailto:deloreanernst@xxxx]
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 10:35 AM
> 
> > The car I believe to be 501 is still around (the VIN plate is
> missing).
> > 
> 
> Both VIN plates are missing...? Door frame and at lead edge of
> dashboard?


Were the Vin Plates removed/Destroyed by the Factory(DMC)and if not 
why were the vin plates(both) removed/destroyed in the first place?As 
it is against the law to remove/tamper with the vin plates.Also if 
the plates were removed,then THERE IS no way to prove that car is 
truly Vin#501,as there is NO other type of I.D. on the vehicle 
(ex:engine plate tranny plate ect.)that can prove that, that car is 
truly vin#501.So in essence VIN #501 as it stands does not exist,for 
purposes of leagle identifaction,As I bought a Delorean parts car 
with one I.D. tag missing and in Connecticut it is a DOA Vehicle,as 
you must have at least two Factory VIN tags(and with the Delorean 
there are only two),so if one is missing/tampered,you have a 
problem,if both are missing/removed you have a parts car only!!!
Also even if the Vin Tags(both)were put back on that car(vin.501) HOW 
CAN you prove that they truly belonged on that Delorean,as THE only 
thing that seperates one Delorean from another IS the Vin TAGS.And 
how do we not know that they were not "switched" onto a "Better" 
Delorean.And the real Vin#501,may have been/became a parts 
car.Something to think about BEFORE tampering/removing your vin 
plates,even if it is just to do a restoration on your Delorean.

Claude
Vin#000570