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[sblake01]

There should be a VIN plate on the dash. In front of the speedometer about 2" from the windshield right behind the windshield wiper pivot. The car is Japanese:). Seriously, I'm not sure how to tell a U.S. market model from a Canadian model but I'm sure someone here does.

Edited November 7, 2008 by sblake01

[sliprenoodle]

I found the spot for the plate, but there is no plate looks like it been removed.Will this be a problem?

[sliprenoodle]

I just looked, the number on the plate under the hood is the same number that is stamped into the firewall. But dash tage not there.

[Zak's Z]

OK, the number on the firewall IS the number you need. That is your VIN. Post your VIN number here or send it to me in a Private-Message. Where did YOU buy the car from. Did you get it from someone near Brampton? Did you buy outside of Ontario. If it's FROM Ontario/Canada, there will be some ministry information somewhere. The car will be in one of their databases.

But you need to tell us the VIN and more about the car. Call the guy who you bought it from and ask him specifically where the car is from if you don't know.

Edited November 7, 2008 by Zak's Z

[sliprenoodle]

Hey zak just wondering if u got the vin I sent You?

[Zak's Z]

Yep. I sent you a PM.

[Carl Beck]

Zak/Sliprenoodle - did you check the VIN to see if the car was stolen in the US? Just wondered why the VIN wasn't posted here, or why it was removed from visible sight on the outside of the car, and why the previous owner didn't have a title.... etc etc.

FWIW,

Carl B

[bigoak]

Pretty tough to get a stolen vin across the border. Need title for export and they tend to at least give it a cursory check.

If the vehicle was stolen, you're more likely to see a vin swap with a written off vehicle...

Slip, I went through a couple of VIN challenges registering in Ontario as the Michigan title that came with the car had an extra 0 where the space is in the VIN. Drop me a pm and I can walk you through a few options on registration.

[Zak's Z]

Im going to check the VIN out here tomorrow at the Ministry (our DMV). He sent me a PM with it in there, don't know why he didnt post it here. I also asked a few more questions of the cars origins. I'm hoping he gave them the wrong number, or they made a mistake. My VIN was also registered improperly until I corrected it. There was an extra 0 also.

If it turns out the car was never registered in Ontario, you will have to find out where it came from. If it came from another province maybe not so bad, but if it came from the US, a title will have to be located before it can be registered. But lets check on the VIN again first.

[sliprenoodle]

Sorry guys I didn't post the vin Because I'm Just a bit worried , I mean the cars not even in my name , and I really don't now much about this stuff. I'm starting to think I'm never going to get this car in my name.

The vin# is HLS30430209

Thanks Again everyone.

[Carl Beck]

Pretty tough to get a stolen vin across the border.

Hi bigoak:

I lived in Washington State for four years in the late 60's and early 70's- believe me - it takes no effort at all the get across the border. There are at least 10 back roads that cross the US/Canada boarder on the North East part of Washington - where there are only Boarder Guards stationed part time or not at all. That is also the case above Idaho and Montana.

What is really funny, is when you pull up to a boarder station (a little one man hut) that is closed and you can see the trail around the "gate" that has been worn in the ground by so many cars coming and going.

Today - if you have a GPS system with you - you might be able to determin if you are in the US or Canada - when your out in the woods hunting/hiking or off-roading on an ATV... for hundreds of miles along the boarder.

Friends and family that still live and hunt in the area tell me nothing has changed.

Just one reason that the US's entire "Homeland Security" agency is a bad joke.

FWIW,

Carl B.

[Zak's Z]

OK, I checked with the MTO today and there is no record of that VIN in their database. I sent sliprenoodle a pm with the people he needs to call to find out what paperwork he requires from the MTO.

If its from out of province, you need to find the last registered province, then get the last owner to sign over the permit. Or some affidavit type thing.

If its from the US im not sure, but it sounds like a nightmare. Gotta find what state the last title was in, make sure its clean, no leins, get a copy of the title - don't know how that works if someone owns it, and get US customs to stamp it then pay taxes on it in Canada, then enter the RIV program to make it legal here and get a title. Whew.