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Dear George,
I've had two long-term 1950s imported cars registered in California since the 1970's.
In both, California DMV had already registered them by ENGINE number AND by year of first SALE (in California).
I have been working in the collector car imported repair business since then, and I've seen this form numerous times, perhaps it "used to be" that a V.I.N. of 3619 (my 1956 Morgan) was just too short a number to look impressive enough on the 'pink slip' and that by making the year designation a year later was 'giving the benefit of the doubt' to a perceived higher newer value.
This became a problem with our state's new DMV computer which rejects mismatched records automatically forwarded to the DMV. I encountered the problem with proof of insurance and wound up changing my insurance policy to match the engine number of my Giulietta, since it was easier than a real correction or convincing the DMV that they had plural policies in the past.
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