Robert61

If you are going to put a hole in the floor I would suggest the following. First drill 2 holes 1/4" dia straight up from the bottom as even with the frame as you can. The first just above the reference hole in the frame. The second still in line with the frame about 2 1/2" towards the rear. Then drill 2 more holes towards the center of the car from the top 1/2" in from the holes you drilled from the bottom. Then cut this section out with an abrasive wheel or saw. You won't be able to see the entire number but they all start with 10867S anyway. All you are interested in seeing are the last 6 digits unless they want to be a pain. This should be easy enough to patch up or make an aluminum plate that attaches with screws where it can be accessed in the future if need be.

Kerrmudgeon

I don't know why you really want to mess around with the frame number. Send out for a replacement number tag with the numbers you have.....there's a few companies that repop them, attach it to the door like the earlier cars were and I'm sure you won't have any problem with that over there.

Frankie the Fink

BTW - that 'tooling hole' is a great index for finding the VIN on the frame - never saw that info before. I wouldn't cut up a car to establish the VIN. I don't know the Swedish bureaucracy but sometimes explaining to the clerk (or whomever) about the situation with these older cars can get you by.

Otherwise, I'd also suggest a replacement tag (frankly, I'd want one sooner or later anyway just for looks)

AZDoug

Or, just epoxy it to the steering column and beat it up a little bit....

Doug

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vdetel

The process for registering a car in Missouri that came from another state is that the Highway Patrol has to complete a form called IDOD to verify this car is as titled and not stolen or built with stolen parts and that the frame belongs to the body. This MUST be done or you cannot register the title to your name or get plates for it. We are required to take the car to the Patrol Station - they will not come to your home to verify vin , so since I cant raise the body off chassis there , I need to make it visible to them still put together . Now if the chassis and body numbers do not match , then you MUST apply for a builders title and we all know what that does to the value of a car. So that being said - they make the rules and we MUST follow them. I have never found that the DMV tries to make anything easy to the public. I am just trying to limit the damage I have to do to comply to their rules.

wmf62

would a fiber optics camera work better than a mirror?
Bill

vdetel

That is a very good idea . I am going to try to cut a hole with hole saw the same size as the floorboard drain plugs first. If it doesn't work I will look into your idea next . thank you

AZDoug

If your frame is really clean, with no signs of rust, you c an probably read the VIN.

If your frame had heavy surface rust on the vertical surfaces (sides), it probably won't be discernible, as they rust worse on top. Usually. Maybe your car had a bad oil leak in the past and the oil protected it..
Doug

Kerrmudgeon

Good thing the OP is in SWEDEN!....and not in Missoura.

wmf62

Rob

"Missoura"? where's that?

Bill

arjay0

I had a similar issue with my '61. I visited a local Corvette restoration shop in my area. I told them my problem and what I needed. They removed the seat, pulled back the carpeting, cut a hole in the fiberglass at the correct spot and provided me with a pencil rubbing of the VIN which I provided to the proper authority. The hole in the floor was re-glassed into place and carpeting and seat were put back in place. Problem solved.

vdetel

Only in " Missoura " they wont accept a pencil rubbing . The Highway Patrol HAS to visually see the number themselves.

vdetel

Hello Robert , It didn't work drilling a hole so I cut out 4" x 14 " and still didn't locate vin . See pic. I am going to Highway Patrol tomorrow to see if they will just accept vin plate as ID. Thank you so much for your efforts.

Robert61

At first when I looked at mine after removing the body I couldn't see it either. Then one day it started buffing it with a wire wheel. I just wanted to know for sure that it matched the vin plate. I made a new chassis I'm using but I'm thinking about cutting that section out and keeping it. Keep looking.

wmf62

what picture?

Bill

Kerrmudgeon

.....Oh Bill, now you're just pulling my leg. Y'all know that's the way they say it there and in most of the south.

wmf62

Rob

I think you have it confused with Misery...

Bill

vdetel

Actually it is pronounced Missouree , home of Harry Truman a few miles from me. What state did you learn the English language ?

wmf62

the State of Confusion...


Bill

Robert61

So what was the outcome of your visit with the Missorah DMV?