It has been my policy over the past 40 years to go out to a smaller community to get some title changes completed. I find that the clerks in the city (Dallas TX) are sticklers for details and that the Tax Office Clerks in smaller communities are more autonomous and easier to deal with. I recently changed the title on an Alabama registered Airstream trailer in a small town and the folks in Dallas Tax Office had already rejected all my possibilities for a transfer from their point of view. One phone call to the Alabama DPS and the deal flew through like a bird. You may need a friend's mailbox in that small town for your new title mailing address. Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "jimt" <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 5:37 PM Subject: Re: HELP!
> He may be talking the certificate of origin. These are when a vehicle is > brand new and sold for the first time. Here in the US it is sent to the > registering agency to record and get the first title. My little trailer made > in taiwan even came with one. I just was told that in many European > countries it is kept as part of the vehicles paperwork. You may be able to > contact VW (not sure what section) and get the "birth certificate" for the > vehicle and use that. I have seen where many people have been getting those > things on older bugs and buses. > > jimt > > On 8/15/05 8:03 AM, "Michael Vickey" <vickrail@VELOCITY.NET> wrote: > > > The only logbook I have received with my VWs is for the dealer > > maintentance stamp and mileage/date when service was performed. This book > > contains a manufacturer's label that indicates VIN, body style, engine > > code, paint code(s) and lists the options included with the vehicle. Date > > of manufacture is not part of the information on the label. > > > > The same label is duplicated on the forward wall, in front of the steering > > wheel. > > > > The only location I have ever seen "date of manufacture" is on a plate > > attached to the "B" pillar on the driver's side. > > > > Michael > > > > |
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