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Bruce Lancaster · 09-28-2010, 02:35 PM

Hypothetically...I might just see if repro stamps come pretty close to fitting into the visible grooves...and possibly hypothetically sneaki up on just barely visible by light tapping. If I had a legit title that matched what I could see, or if I planned to apply for title based on what is there...
I would be, not hypothetically, realdamncareful to try to not make numbers look messed with, and with a blasted surface I'd let it slightly re-rust and then wire brush a bit...
I think: Many nooses are tightening on shaky old car registrations. A car with a title that doesn't match anything can be found out either by registration rules being properly enforced OR an insurance agent who wants to see if the car you have insured is actually provably that car.
All the information exists in some state books...where the numbers go, what they should look like.
The feds have seriously tightened the screws on drivers, coming close to a national standard to ID people for state licenses, and might decide to force states to pay attention and actually LOOK at numbers on the cars they register. A car that can't pass reasonable scrutiny is IMHO likely to draw some serious trouble in the forseeable future, AND it remains illegal to stamp the number if you aren't FOMOCO. The only way to get a new number stamped legally is via a state-issued new number, and that is sure not going to be a restrike of the original, it will be a state labeled plate affixed by someone with a badge.

09-28-2010, 02:35 PM	#12
Bruce Lancaster Member Emeritus Join Date: May 2010 Location: Madison, NJ Posts: 5,230	Re: frame stamps Hypothetically...I might just see if repro stamps come pretty close to fitting into the visible grooves...and possibly hypothetically sneaki up on just barely visible by light tapping. If I had a legit title that matched what I could see, or if I planned to apply for title based on what is there... I would be, not hypothetically, realdamncareful to try to not make numbers look messed with, and with a blasted surface I'd let it slightly re-rust and then wire brush a bit... I think: Many nooses are tightening on shaky old car registrations. A car with a title that doesn't match anything can be found out either by registration rules being properly enforced OR an insurance agent who wants to see if the car you have insured is actually provably that car. All the information exists in some state books...where the numbers go, what they should look like. The feds have seriously tightened the screws on drivers, coming close to a national standard to ID people for state licenses, and might decide to force states to pay attention and actually LOOK at numbers on the cars they register. A car that can't pass reasonable scrutiny is IMHO likely to draw some serious trouble in the forseeable future, AND it remains illegal to stamp the number if you aren't FOMOCO. The only way to get a new number stamped legally is via a state-issued new number, and that is sure not going to be a restrike of the original, it will be a state labeled plate affixed by someone with a badge.