I.D. Plates online - is it a security risk?

[meanmachine72]

work this one out guys




mustard cars tag pic taken in victoria 2009...green car taken at this years toranafest

[Blocker]

work this one out guys




mustard cars tag pic taken in victoria 2009...green car taken at this years toranafest

The mustard cars tag is not like one I have seen before with cut round edges and poor letter/numbers.

[Absinth]

The mustard cars tag is not like one I have seen before with cut round edges and poor letter/numbers.

I'd say the green car tags are reproduction, nice and new with incorrect rivets. The mustard cars tags have original rivets and have been poorly masked when the car was repainted hence the odd looking shape.

You would have to be a complete idiot to copy the vin number of an existing car. Re-registering a car that has been out of ergo for a long period is easy.... You present the car for registration with roadworthy certificate and as long as the search they do on the chassis number and engine comes up clean your car gets registered.

All those other tag details including the vin number were not recorded until 1988 and even then it is only the vin and engine number.

When they record the colour of your car they don't look at the trim code ...... They look at the cars exterior and write what they see.

Both of those LJ Toranas are probably registered legally as they have different engine and chassis numbers which is all that is recorded by the RTA. Having the same vin means someone is trying to pass one of them off as an XU1. All that means is buyer beware if you are paying big bucks for collector car.