Hello
Can a Nissan Skyline R32 be imported into the U.S. if it was re vin as a Nissan 240 with a legal vin plate on the door will with a 17 digit vin a a sticker on the dash with the same Nissan 240 vin.
Thanks
Vic
Nissan 240 vin on a skyline
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godzillar32
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Re: Nissan 240 vin on a skyline
Walk away from that car. The U.S. does not play games with VINSgodzillar32 wrote:Hello
Can a Nissan Skyline R32 be imported into the U.S. if it was re vin as a Nissan 240 with a legal vin plate on the door will with a 17 digit vin a a sticker on the dash with the same Nissan 240 vin.
Thanks
Vic
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M35Squirrel
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Re: Nissan 240 vin on a skyline
I suggest you just
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GSX-R35
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Re: Nissan 240 vin on a skyline
That's about as clear cut a case of VIN tampering as you can get. Stay very far away from that car unless you like the idea of large, scraggly, unwashed men in orange jumpsuits getting very friendly with you. Pretty pointless to bother with a car like that too especially now that R32s can be imported easily nowadays through legal means. From Hemming's:
Dont Touch that Tag
No matter how much you want your dash to be absolutely perfect, theres one part you may not touch: the VIN.
There are indeed states that have liberal laws regarding VIN plates, but once you drill out those rivets, your vehicle will never again be free from suspicion, because other states take the matter a lot more seriously.
Broadly, mere possession of not only a vehicle, but a part from a car on which the VIN has in any way been touched removed, tampered with, obliterated or altered even if reattached or restored, constitutes a felony. Further, while you may (possibly) buy a car with an altered VIN and not be on the hook for the crime, selling one, whether youre aware of the alteration or not, can most definitely send you to jail. Naturally, intent will be considered during sentencing, but when you consider that in many states youre looking at 10 years in the pen, it would not be worth the risk.
The same standard can be applied to engine block stampings and any other numbered part, and although the standard of evidence is generally much higher, the penalties are the same.
There is an enormous body of case law, going back about a century, in support. For the Federal standards, see 18 U.S.C.A. § 2321, § 2[a]; and 18 U.S.C.A. § 511, § 2[a] and § 5
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- By David Traver Adolphus
Dont Touch that Tag
No matter how much you want your dash to be absolutely perfect, theres one part you may not touch: the VIN.
There are indeed states that have liberal laws regarding VIN plates, but once you drill out those rivets, your vehicle will never again be free from suspicion, because other states take the matter a lot more seriously.
Broadly, mere possession of not only a vehicle, but a part from a car on which the VIN has in any way been touched removed, tampered with, obliterated or altered even if reattached or restored, constitutes a felony. Further, while you may (possibly) buy a car with an altered VIN and not be on the hook for the crime, selling one, whether youre aware of the alteration or not, can most definitely send you to jail. Naturally, intent will be considered during sentencing, but when you consider that in many states youre looking at 10 years in the pen, it would not be worth the risk.
The same standard can be applied to engine block stampings and any other numbered part, and although the standard of evidence is generally much higher, the penalties are the same.
There is an enormous body of case law, going back about a century, in support. For the Federal standards, see 18 U.S.C.A. § 2321, § 2[a]; and 18 U.S.C.A. § 511, § 2[a] and § 5
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- By David Traver Adolphus
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