Quote Originally Posted by playwme View Post
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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Quote Originally Posted by wbute View Post
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.