Having a vin stamped on the cab that does not match the pop rivioted vin on the door will is ileagle. The only way for this to be legal is if the CHP inspects the truck and puts a new VIN tag on, that will combine the two. They will do that only after they check to see if the non matching VIN is stolen. I have my facts straight, I used to do that for a few years. Do not challenge me on the California Vehicle code, you will lose as I have had months of training in it. Check California Vehicle Cod 10803, that should open your eyes. You fall in California code 10803 (b), if I found this in my working days I would impound the car for 30 days, request the DA to prosecute under the law and sub division i wrote out above. If I was to find the later VIN on the frame I would also write up false VIN ID to circumvent smog laws and throw that out there too. I did change my cab to a 1978 model, I took both titles to DMV, told them what I was doing, went to CHP and in less then a day I had my 74 frame with a 78 cab branded as a 74, the rest of the parts were legal junk and taken to a scrap yard, that easy.
10803. (a) Any person who buys with the intent to resell, disposes of, sells, or transfers, more than one motor vehicle or parts from more than one motor vehicle, with the knowledge that the vehicle identification numbers of the motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts have been altered, counterfeited, defaced, destroyed, disguised, falsified, forged, obliterated, or removed for the purpose of misrepresenting the identity or preventing the identification of the motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts, is guilty of a public offense and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, four, or six years, or by a fine of not more than sixty thousand dollars ($60,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment, or by up to one year in the county jail, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment. (b) Any person who possesses, for the purpose of sale, transfer, import, or export, more than one motor vehicle or parts from more than one motor vehicle, with the knowledge that the vehicle identification numbers of the motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts have been altered, counterfeited, defaced, destroyed, disguised, falsified, forged, obliterated, or removed for the purpose of misrepresenting the identity or preventing the identification of the motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts, is guilty of a public offense and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months, or two or three years, or by a fine of not more than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by both the fine and imprisonment.
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