1959 Chevy Corvette Seized by Police Returned to Owner After 5 Years, $28K

Re:1959 Chevy Corvette Seized by Police Returned to Owner Af... by more_corn on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @09:24PM (#33445499)

This pisses me off too. But after thinking about it for a moment I can see the state’s point. The only way to know this car isn’t stolen is the vin. The vin shows signs of tampering. Therefore I don’t know this car is the correct one matching the vin.

This case is absurd and terrible, but the rule is there to protect us all from car theft so I get being strict.

When restoring a car if you remove the vin you best put it back on with the correct fasteners. The root of the problem was the restorer’s shoddy work. Then the error was compounded by the state’s inflexibility. They should also be held liable for harm that came to the car while in their custody.

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Re:1959 Chevy Corvette Seized by Police Returned to Owner Af... by supdup on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @10:32PM (#33446187)

Idiot compliance. Imbeciles following marching orders.

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Re:1959 Chevy Corvette Seized by Police Returned to Owner Af... by tanseydavid on Thursday November 03, 2022 @01:54PM (#33454812)

Attempting to appear to be useful.

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Re:1959 Chevy Corvette Seized by Police Returned to Owner Af... by UncleEntity on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @11:56PM (#33446805)

The vin is stamped all over cars oftentimes in places where it is very hard to get to. Classic car folks will check them all to make sure they aren’t paying top dollar for a car that has been pieced together from parts of different cars.

I saw one video on the YouTubes where they were talking about how highly illegal it is to mess with the vin plate so its not like a random Kansas MVD employee just pulled some law out of their ass because they were having a bad day. Specifically, iirc, they were saying in the video it was illegal to even sell replacement rivets for vin plates.

One would think they would try to figure out who the rightful owner of a car with an altered vin before taking it to the crusher though.

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Re:1959 Chevy Corvette Seized by Police Returned to Owner Af... by ratg13 on Thursday November 03, 2022 @03:45AM (#33448151)

That's just the Dashboard VIN.

The VIN is stamped all over the car. If the dashboard VIN matches the VINs all over the rest of the car, there is no reason to go zero tolerance over the wrong screws used in one location.

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