matching tag to chassis explained with pictures

**playwme** · 16-09-2011, 04:38 PM

Are you saying people employed to manage these numbers on the governments behalf aren't sufficiently trained to find numbers in the factory locations Greg? Surely not.
When I originally bought my Sandman and got the rego switched from ACT to NSW the engine number showed up as stolen 20 years before. Dad spent a whole day hanging round the cop shop while they investigated and cleared it with the insurance company. Then when I went to transfer from Dad's name to mine a few years later I got the same thing. Took it to the cop shop, left it with them and when I came back they said "There's no engine number on that block. Here's a Police number you need to go and get stamped on it." It wasn't the original block for the car so didn't bother me. Turned out they'd been looking at the blank spot on the wrong side of the block. The old engine number was just under a bit of grease.

**wbute** · 16-09-2011, 04:47 PM

What happens if a stolen car turns up years later but was paid out under insurance? Is it up to the insurance company if the car can be re-registered? Does the person who owned it get informed? Surely you cant just get police numbers and then sell it.

**ozbox** · 16-09-2011, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by playwme

Are you saying people employed to manage these numbers on the governments behalf aren't sufficiently trained to find numbers in the factory locations Greg? Surely not.

yep thats what im saying...there use to be manuals that they were supplied with that showed locations..wether they knew or know how to use them is questionable isnt it?

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Originally Posted by wbute

What happens if a stolen car turns up years later but was paid out under insurance? Is it up to the insurance company if the car can be re-registered? Does the person who owned it get informed? Surely you cant just get police numbers and then sell it.

its owned by the insurance company so you either negotiate with them to buy it or they take it and put it to auction..the old owners wont be contacted unless they believe they may have something to do with insurance fraud..police numbers may or may not be issued depending on what they did to conceal its identity.