Didn't know you could even do that. Live and learn. Hopefully. Mike On 3/11/03 12:09 PM, "Jeffrey Schwaia" <jeff@TSSGI.COM> wrote: > Apparently, the only way to "clean" a title in California, is to get the > party that originally declared the vehicle as salvaged or junk to reverse > the declaration with the DMV. I know two people who have done this, one on > a BMW, the other on a Mercedes. Every other method I've heard about is > heresay (so far). > > Cheers, > > Jeff > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf > Of Neal Hansen > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 10:15 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Converting a salvage title in CA > > > I guess that California doesn't believe in recycling. > I once rebuilt a pickup truck in Connecticut that the Insurance Co. said > cost more to repair than the book value was. I did have to trailer it to the > MV Dept. and have it fully inspected. They thought that the horn wasn't loud > enough but I got a clean title anyway. > Neal > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:36:12 -0800 > From: Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> > Subject: Converting a salvage title in CA > > Volks, > > In a word, NO. > > Once a vehicle is branded salvage, junk or several other things like that it > will remain that. The records are held by VIN so unless you can change the > VIN, a federal crime, then once branded is forever branded. > > This is from the people who make such decisions at DMV. > > Mike > |
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