~kira~
Bluelighter
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- Mar 27, 2017
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Alright guys so long story kinda short, I have a 2005 dodge neon srt4 I bought a few years ago. We will call this CAR A. Over the years, this car has gotten some bad rust, to where the floorboards are rotted through. It's a decent parts car. Has an engine, and all of the body panels.
I recently bought CAR B. Which is a salvage certificate (PA) I didn't realize that the title wasn't signed over when I bought it, and the guy whose name is on the title isn't even the guy I bought the car from. I did find the title owner and got ahold of him. It's not stolen by the way! The guy said he had the title in his name but never had it registered, and then sold it.
I was wondering if for some reason we have issues getting the title transferred to me, what exactly could I do?
A part of me was thinking about vin swapping both of my cars. The rusted car A, and car B. Car A would then get chopped up and scrapped. I read that this is illegal. However, if I use all of the door panels and everything else on the rusted car, and put them on car B, is that still illegal? Would it be considered a rebody? Idk what to do. I figured maybe it was a loophole since I own both vehicles and none are stolen or impounded or anything.
Also out of curiosity, what makes vin swapping illegal (in this case both cars are the same make, model and submodel. Just one is an 04 and the other an 05.) Also, how would one find out if someone swapped vins and what would happen if someone found that out?
I recently bought CAR B. Which is a salvage certificate (PA) I didn't realize that the title wasn't signed over when I bought it, and the guy whose name is on the title isn't even the guy I bought the car from. I did find the title owner and got ahold of him. It's not stolen by the way! The guy said he had the title in his name but never had it registered, and then sold it.
I was wondering if for some reason we have issues getting the title transferred to me, what exactly could I do?
A part of me was thinking about vin swapping both of my cars. The rusted car A, and car B. Car A would then get chopped up and scrapped. I read that this is illegal. However, if I use all of the door panels and everything else on the rusted car, and put them on car B, is that still illegal? Would it be considered a rebody? Idk what to do. I figured maybe it was a loophole since I own both vehicles and none are stolen or impounded or anything.
Also out of curiosity, what makes vin swapping illegal (in this case both cars are the same make, model and submodel. Just one is an 04 and the other an 05.) Also, how would one find out if someone swapped vins and what would happen if someone found that out?