Securing a new title for RQB2273

[Brooks Barnes]

Hi All, I purchased RQB2273 back last summer and I received a Bill of Sale only,,,,, In S.C. you must have the "12DIGIT" VIN to fill out the proper paperwork for the DMV to proceed... Can anyone out there tell me where I can get the "12 DIGIT" VIM number? bb

[mfg]

2 hours ago, Brooks Barnes said:

Hi All, I purchased RQB2273 back last summer and I received a Bill of Sale only,,,,, In S.C. you must have the "12DIGIT" VIN to fill out the proper paperwork for the DMV to proceed... Can anyone out there tell me where I can get the "12 DIGIT" VIM number? bb

The factory build sheet, available at Nostalgic Motors, will contain both the internal RQB car number… and the VIN number needed to register your 1975 Avanti….(if there is one?)

I don’t believe the now common seventeen digit VIN number came into play until 1981.

Edited Wednesday at 10:34 PM by mfg
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[Skip Lackie]

Many states have converted their registration systems to standardized software that "require" certain features like the now-standard VIN format.  Vehicle serial numbers that were already in the system were somehow grandfathered in by either adding leading zeros or by a software mod that permitted them to exist as is.  

Most of the DMV people one deals with were not even born yet when the current 17-digit VIN system started in 1981, so they simply repeat the "requirement" that all vehicles have a standard VIN.  They are simply repeating the current thinking, despite the fact that virtually no vehicle built before that time had a serial number with the now-standard number of digits.  You may have to escalate the battle to a DMV deputy director, or some such.  A letter to your local state legislator might help, too.