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Last week I took the title for my 69 to my insurance agent to got some coverage since it is on the road now. I had the VIN number memorized from reading the door tag when I bought the car. I watched as the secretary copied the VIN and I noticed she wrote a number down wrong. I looked at the title and it was wrong!
I wanted to drive the car, so my next stop was to get plates. I was pretty sure the title was wrong, but I wanted to wait till I got home to check it.
When I go home, I confirm that the 7 in the sequential number is supposed to be a 4! Dang!
When I bought the car, the owner couldn't find the title and had to file for a lost title. We had to get a rubbing of the VIN plate in the dash. After many unsatisfying attempts to get a good rubbing, we finally decided to take the covered paper in anyway. Somehow, the 4 was mistaken for a 7.
I am in Ohio. Is this going to end up being a huge problem? I'm almost scared to go find out what they have to say. The PO lives in Tennesee. I hope they don't need him to change the title.
Has anyone ever dealt with this kind of problem? I hope I can just take the car up there and they will see that it hasn't been tampered with and understand how easily that mistake could have been made.
I'm crossing my fingers and toes on this one.
I wanted to drive the car, so my next stop was to get plates. I was pretty sure the title was wrong, but I wanted to wait till I got home to check it.
When I go home, I confirm that the 7 in the sequential number is supposed to be a 4! Dang!
When I bought the car, the owner couldn't find the title and had to file for a lost title. We had to get a rubbing of the VIN plate in the dash. After many unsatisfying attempts to get a good rubbing, we finally decided to take the covered paper in anyway. Somehow, the 4 was mistaken for a 7.
I am in Ohio. Is this going to end up being a huge problem? I'm almost scared to go find out what they have to say. The PO lives in Tennesee. I hope they don't need him to change the title.
Has anyone ever dealt with this kind of problem? I hope I can just take the car up there and they will see that it hasn't been tampered with and understand how easily that mistake could have been made.
I'm crossing my fingers and toes on this one.