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Title number: engine or car number?
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:26 am
by davjak@aol.com
I have noticed that on my three TC's that the vin for the
title/registration(s) is the engine number instead of the TCxxxx car number. I am sure this is
correct since on two of my cars I have copies of the original CA
Title/registration. What have others found? I would think the car number would be
correct.. engines are replaced on occasions.
Dave TCx3
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Re: Title number: engine or car number?
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:12 am
by Terry Sanders
For years here in CA, the DMV would use the engine number when registering MG's. I don't know about other marques. My TA came from Louisiana with the original engine number on the title. I had a cop come to myhouse to view the poor thing and to do the VIN verification. I explained to him that this was not correct, the original engine was scrapped years before and he duly wrote it all up and verified the chassis number...........and when the new title came back, the DMV had again used the original engine number......I gave up!
Terry
davjak@aol.com wrote:
I have noticed that on my three TC's that the vin for the
title/registration(s) is the engine number instead of the TCxxxx car number. I am sure this is
correct since on two of my cars I have copies of the original CA
Title/registration. What have others found? I would think the car number would be
correct.. engines are replaced on occasions.
Dave TCx3
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Re: Title number: engine or car number?
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:27 am
by Skip Kelsey
Terry:
Prior to 1956, all vehicles were registered by Engine no. This was changed
after 1956, and they were ALL done by VIN. I had my car switched back to
VIN later.
Skip Kelsey....................................................................
At 10:12 AM 6/25/2005 -0700, Terry Sanders wrote:
>For years here in CA, the DMV would use the engine number when registering
>MG's. I don't know about other marques. My TA came from Louisiana with
>the original engine number on the title. I had a cop come to myhouse to
>view the poor thing and to do the VIN verification. I explained to him
>that this was not correct, the original engine was scrapped years before
>and he duly wrote it all up and verified the chassis number...........and
>when the new title came back, the DMV had again used the original engine
>number......I gave up!
>Terry
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>I have noticed that on my three TC's that the vin for the
>title/registration(s) is the engine number instead of the TCxxxx car
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>correct since on two of my cars I have copies of the original CA
>Title/registration. What have others found? I would think the car number
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>correct.. engines are replaced on occasions.
>Dave TCx3
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Re: Title number: engine or car number?
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 1:33 pm
by WDHarmer@aol.com
California used the engine number for registration. When I bought my TC (71??) in 1956 it was made of the front fenders from one car, engine from another & the balance from a third. The seller looked around until he found the "pink slip" that matched the engine, and that's the way it's been registered ever since.
Nobody worried about numbers matching or anything like that. Just get the car registered & drive it.
Dan Harmer
San Diego
'48 TC 71?? (XPAG6043)
Re: Title number: engine or car number?
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:05 pm
by 49MGTC
Dave;
TC 8192 had the same problem. When I bought it the title had the engine
number as the car number. Since I got a title through a "Title Service" and
not through the normal route I simply had it changed. I believe as you do
that it should be the car number not the engine number and agree with you
that sometimes engines are changed.
Bud Silvers
Colorado Springs, CO
TC 8192
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Subject: [mg-tabc] Title number: engine or car number?
I have noticed that on my three TC's that the vin for the
title/registration(s) is the engine number instead of the TCxxxx car number.
I am sure this is
correct since on two of my cars I have copies of the original CA
Title/registration. What have others found? I would think the car number
would be
correct.. engines are replaced on occasions.
Dave TCx3
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Re: Title number: engine or car number?
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 10:43 pm
by fnitz
My TC was brought in from out of state and I registered it in California as
VIN: TC1353.
Fred TC1353
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Subject: [mg-tabc] Title number: engine or car number?
I have noticed that on my three TC's that the vin for the
title/registration(s) is the engine number instead of the TCxxxx car number.
I am sure this is
correct since on two of my cars I have copies of the original CA
Title/registration. What have others found? I would think the car number
would be
correct.. engines are replaced on occasions.
Dave TCx3
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