Hi Folks,
Other than the stamped in VW number on the tunnel....Should I have any other plates or identification on my old CMC?
Cheers
Gerry
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Hi Folks,
Other than the stamped in VW number on the tunnel....Should I have any other plates or identification on my old CMC?
Cheers
Gerry
Other than the stamped in VW number on the tunnel....Should I have any other plates or identification on my old CMC?
Cheers
Gerry
there are about as many ways to register a CMC as there are CMCs.
I once had a car with a seven-digit alpha-numeric on a plate from CMC; it came back as a registered Winnebago when I went to the DMV to register it. The number was something like S-123456, for example.
It was utterly meaningless.
I had to get creative with a guy who had a lot of "knowledge" about old VWs. He helped me import some VW heritage into my CMC, if you take my meaning. He happened to have my long-lost title, too.
I gave him a few hundred bucks for his trouble.
You're probably ahead of the game, if you have a title and a VIN stamped into a place where an inspector can see it.
I once had a car with a seven-digit alpha-numeric on a plate from CMC; it came back as a registered Winnebago when I went to the DMV to register it. The number was something like S-123456, for example.
It was utterly meaningless.
I had to get creative with a guy who had a lot of "knowledge" about old VWs. He helped me import some VW heritage into my CMC, if you take my meaning. He happened to have my long-lost title, too.
I gave him a few hundred bucks for his trouble.
You're probably ahead of the game, if you have a title and a VIN stamped into a place where an inspector can see it.
Gerry:
The best ID you can have is the VW number stamped into the top of the tunnel. If it's not there, then there are creative ways of "regaining" it (see Cory's post above and then haunt your local salvage yards for an old beetle with a title).
There may or may not be a CMC identification number, but it's pretty much worthless for any identification - it purportedly is the same as the original CMC order number for that particular body. Some people mounted them, some did not (like me). It can be found just about anyplace; in the door jamb, under the hood (I've even seen one attached to the dash). As far as I could determine when I was fighting with CMC in the 1990's, the CMC number is preceeded by a letter which stood for the sales person who took the order (for his/her commission purposes) then followed by this/her order number. therefore, there was nothing sequencial about orders being processed through their shop. S-12345 could be followed by C-1208.
Even if you had the original order number, there's no one left from the CMC Days who would have records of what got built on what order (and Street Beasts has usually been unwilling to help).
Bottom line is that all you should need is the VW VIN number stamped into the top of the tunnel.
gn
PS: Good to see that Cory's up late at night - In Djibouti he must be about 12 hours difference from me in Massachusetts!!
The best ID you can have is the VW number stamped into the top of the tunnel. If it's not there, then there are creative ways of "regaining" it (see Cory's post above and then haunt your local salvage yards for an old beetle with a title).
There may or may not be a CMC identification number, but it's pretty much worthless for any identification - it purportedly is the same as the original CMC order number for that particular body. Some people mounted them, some did not (like me). It can be found just about anyplace; in the door jamb, under the hood (I've even seen one attached to the dash). As far as I could determine when I was fighting with CMC in the 1990's, the CMC number is preceeded by a letter which stood for the sales person who took the order (for his/her commission purposes) then followed by this/her order number. therefore, there was nothing sequencial about orders being processed through their shop. S-12345 could be followed by C-1208.
Even if you had the original order number, there's no one left from the CMC Days who would have records of what got built on what order (and Street Beasts has usually been unwilling to help).
Bottom line is that all you should need is the VW VIN number stamped into the top of the tunnel.
gn
PS: Good to see that Cory's up late at night - In Djibouti he must be about 12 hours difference from me in Massachusetts!!
Gordon, the sun rises on this part of Africa seven hours before it shows its face in Massachussetts.
Seems like it should be more, but it's not.
Back to the question at hand; different states might let you register your creation in different ways. It's sometimes possible to ask the clerk what types of kit or reproduction categories you MIGHT fall under, since they have been making fiberglass cars for thirty or more years.
Key there is not to complain too much if "1957 Portch SPDTSR" is what the machine with the big brain spits out -- some places go by precident. If there was another person who was able to register their car that way, that might be the thing the clerk says will get you registered with your partial VIN.
Before complaining, ask what the implications are. Does that horrible mis-spelling allow you to be smog-exempt, for example, or maybe it means you don't need wipers that work, four-way flashers and the like.
Natch, you'll get all that stuff working or installed eventually, but it could make that first inspection a lot more painless.
By the way -- if you have a roller-style gas pedal, you'll want to change that out before the DMV sees your car. They tend to not like them.
Seems like it should be more, but it's not.
Back to the question at hand; different states might let you register your creation in different ways. It's sometimes possible to ask the clerk what types of kit or reproduction categories you MIGHT fall under, since they have been making fiberglass cars for thirty or more years.
Key there is not to complain too much if "1957 Portch SPDTSR" is what the machine with the big brain spits out -- some places go by precident. If there was another person who was able to register their car that way, that might be the thing the clerk says will get you registered with your partial VIN.
Before complaining, ask what the implications are. Does that horrible mis-spelling allow you to be smog-exempt, for example, or maybe it means you don't need wipers that work, four-way flashers and the like.
Natch, you'll get all that stuff working or installed eventually, but it could make that first inspection a lot more painless.
By the way -- if you have a roller-style gas pedal, you'll want to change that out before the DMV sees your car. They tend to not like them.
Thanks for the replies folks.....
I'm in UK but kit came from Florida, Has the tunnel stamp and matching Florida title. Just thinkin ahead to the day I have to wander to my local DVLA (just like DMV but more admin LOL)
Looks like I'm fine
CHeers
Gerry
I'm in UK but kit came from Florida, Has the tunnel stamp and matching Florida title. Just thinkin ahead to the day I have to wander to my local DVLA (just like DMV but more admin LOL)
Looks like I'm fine
CHeers
Gerry
Gerry:
I first registered my car in Massachusetts, renowned for having had particularly difficult DMV folks. I had a title and past owner's registration, both of which said the car was a 1969 Red VW Beetle Sedan. I told the (surprisingly nice) lady behind the glass that I had changed the body on it and it was now a white, VW convertible.
"Oh!", she said.....My brother works in an auto-body shop and he does that sort of thing all the time. Fill out this form with what it is now and you're all set!", handing me the correct form.
That's all there was to it. Have subsequently registered it in Rhode Island and now South Carolina and never had a problem.
gn
I first registered my car in Massachusetts, renowned for having had particularly difficult DMV folks. I had a title and past owner's registration, both of which said the car was a 1969 Red VW Beetle Sedan. I told the (surprisingly nice) lady behind the glass that I had changed the body on it and it was now a white, VW convertible.
"Oh!", she said.....My brother works in an auto-body shop and he does that sort of thing all the time. Fill out this form with what it is now and you're all set!", handing me the correct form.
That's all there was to it. Have subsequently registered it in Rhode Island and now South Carolina and never had a problem.
gn