Date:         Mon, 22 May 2000 18:52:22 +0200
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: Hear Ye' Hear Ye' The Vanagon Tail Of Woe
Comments: To: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@pangea.ca>
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And this can also happen here in Norway, all approved by the DMV. The catch is
that anyone cannot do it, an approved body shop has to do the job, after
informing the DMV in advance. I know several vehicles that are welded from two
cars, but as long as they are not totaled, it is perfectly ok.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i



Marshall Ruskin wrote:

> I saw a news segment about an Ontario Canada man, who bought a used car....
>
> The used car was actually 2 cars welded together, the front of one and the
> rear of another. The chassis (unibody construction, I guess) welds, running
> across the bottom of the vehicle, were clearly visible when said vehicle was
> raised on the hoist.
>
> Apparently this is done all the time.
>
> (It wasn't a Vanagon, thankfully! But what is actually was - I cannot
> remember - some US car is all I know)
>
> Said "Owner" wasn't informed when he bought the car about it's history,
> obviously.
>
> Marshall Ruskin
> (leaving to go camping in about 30 min)
>
> >We got the same thing here in Norway. It is all for safety reasons.
> >
> >PerL
> >87 Syncro 112i
> >
> >"Michael L. Smith" wrote:
> >
> >> Yes, I have. Florida has a law that does not allow for a car to be
> re-titled
> >> after it has been declared totaled. I had to give the insurance company
> the
> >> origional title. The object of this silly law is to protect consumers
> from
> >> purchasing a previously wrecked car.
> >>
> >> Thanks, Mike S
> >