Odometer setting question.
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Racer
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From: Nokomis Florida
Odometer setting question.
Hello all. I need your advice. My 67 coupe has been body off restored. I am having the speedo/odometer rebuilt. Should I change the mileage on the odometer to the mileage after restoration or leave it as is with the original car mileage.??
Regards,
Jerry
Regards,
Jerry
Le Mans Master
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From: Puget Sound
If the original mileage is high, it really doesn't matter but if it's a documented low mileage car, leave it alone. I'm doing a "body off" on my 65 and since it only has 50K original miles, I left the odometer alone.
Jim
Jim
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Back in the 90s when I was going through my car I had the mileage reset to 0 when the cluster was rebuilt. Today - considering I think the 90K miles on the car were correct at the time - I regret re-setting it. I wish I had left it alone.
If you suspect he odometer isn't reflecting correct mileage then do what you want to do. If it's reflecting correct mileage you may want to think twice.
If you suspect he odometer isn't reflecting correct mileage then do what you want to do. If it's reflecting correct mileage you may want to think twice.
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Army
My '61 by all available evidence was a 62,000 mile car (last owner of 6 years only put 500 miles on it)...however the dweebs at the FLA DMV still claimed it was an 'exempt' car and not actual mileage because the title from the previous state didn't claim it either way.
P!ssed me off....so I've left the mileage roll naturally even after the speedo rebuild (its around 72,000 miles now)...
P!ssed me off....so I've left the mileage roll naturally even after the speedo rebuild (its around 72,000 miles now)...
Safety Car
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From: FL
My '61 by all available evidence was a 62,000 mile car (last owner of 6 years only put 500 miles on it)...however the dweebs at the FLA DMV still claimed it was an 'exempt' car and not actual mileage because the title from the previous state didn't claim it either way.
P!ssed me off....so I've left the mileage roll naturally even after the speedo rebuild (its around 72,000 miles now)...
P!ssed me off....so I've left the mileage roll naturally even after the speedo rebuild (its around 72,000 miles now)...
HOWEVER, there is another matter you may want to concern yourself with.
http://www.flhsmv.gov/fhp/html/warnings/odometer.html
Federal and Florida Laws are in place to protect you from this crime. It is a Felony for anyone to knowingly tamper with, adjust, alter, set back, disconnect, or fail to connect an odometer of a motor vehicle, so as to reflect a lower mileage than the motorvehicle has actually been driven, or to supply any written odometer statement knowing such statement to be false or based on mileage figures reflected by an odometer that has been tampered with oraltered.
When the above law is violated, title fraud and grand theft, both felonies, are also added to the list of arrest charges against the violator. The three Felonies each carry a fine as much as $5,000.00 and/or five years in a state prison or both such fine or imprisonment.
When the above law is violated, title fraud and grand theft, both felonies, are also added to the list of arrest charges against the violator. The three Felonies each carry a fine as much as $5,000.00 and/or five years in a state prison or both such fine or imprisonment.
We do a lot of things as car people in the name of customizing and restoration, but frequently, these things can be against the law.
Drifting
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From: Redding ca.
My car started out as an empty shell...no cluster. Found one with 47K and used it. I'm now sending the speedo out for rebuild. I was going to have him set it to about the 2500 or so miles I've put on the car since putting it together. What do I do?
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Army
Not giving legal advice but I thought when the car was titled as 'exempt' that basically meant the mileage is unknown regardless of what the odometer says.
Very coincidentally I just noticed today that my '96 Mazda B3000 pick up truck odometer must have broken this week....its stuck at 152,790 miles...
Very coincidentally I just noticed today that my '96 Mazda B3000 pick up truck odometer must have broken this week....its stuck at 152,790 miles...
Burning Brakes
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From: Grand Harbor in South Carolina
When I bought my car, just over 40 years ago , the dealer had done " some freshening up" and admitted to me he had rolled the mileage back 50,000. This fact I verified by talking to the original owner. He stated he traded the car with 69,000 and the odometer then showed 19,000.Some 35 years lated I was doing "some freshening up" and as I replaced the dash pad , had the opportunity to pull the gage cluster, and ADDED the 50,000 miles back on the odometer. Ironically, the odometer read 49,000 + at the time I added the 50,000 ,ssooooo, now it reads 3300. BUT, it is ORIGINAL NOW.
Last edited by wib1961; Feb 21, 2012 at 05:29 PM.
