5-Digit Title "VIN"

What is wrong with a 5 digit VIN? That is your VIN and that is how mine is registered in MD. You are creating a VIN that Ferrari never used.

 

I had a similar issue with a wrongly recorded VIN and couldn't get it insured until it was corrected. It was Jag XJ6.

 

my CA title (75 GT4) only has the 5 digit vin listed.

 

I had a mistake on a Corvette a 5 instead of a S, It was a DMV fat finger.

I had to have a Cop check it out fill out the paperwork and sign off on it.

At least my guy didn't scribble so I was lucky there.

But

 

I have had problems with the correct 5 digit number in CA. Their computer doesn't like it and about every 5 years I get a letter saying they are going to seize my car for not paying insurance. I have a letter ready to go and it has worked so far. My new car has the F106 thing on its old CA title and hoping for the best! Good luck I would keep trying to get it right, it will happen it will just take time!

 

I also went down the 5 digit CA computer rat hole. It took me about 10 calls to nitwits up the chain before I got to someone that could comprehend the problem. I am surprised we made it through the year Y2K here.

 

The engine number has nothing to do with the VIN or chassis number - the engine number and chassis/VIN numbers don't match.

Look on the top of your steering column, just behind the steering wheel. That's your full VIN, the last 5 numbers. Before 1980 or 1981, it was only 5 numbers for Ferrari. After that date, Ferrari used the full 11 or 13 standardized VIN as did all manufacturers from that point forward.

 

Gordon,

Thats not the point everyone (all these US DMV's) assumes all cars have the 15 digit or whatever VIN number not thinking we are all driving 40 year old cars!

 

Not able to say anything of any value about the USA, but we had a long discussion on this forum about a year ago on the implementation of the full standard 17 digit VIN by Ferrari.
For the carbed 308s, the only cars seen so far with a proven, attested 17 digit standard VIN are the very last batch of Right Hand Drive carbed cars for the UK, perhaps only the last half-dozen cars.
All other carbed 308s have only the Ferrari designation system, that is the type of the chassis *F106AS* for a GTS (and *F106AB* for a GTB) plus the chassis number.
The injected 308s got standard, 17-positions, VINs.

Rgds

 

Justin,

I BELIEVE (= I can't state it formally) that Ferrari would say that they do not consider that your car has got a VIN at all...
The VIN, or "Vehicle International Number" is an internationaly established standard that only has 17 digits, or positions. There could not be such a thing as a 11 positions, 13 positions, or 15 positions VIN: a VIN has 17 positions, period.

Before it was implemented (1979?), it did not exist, and any constructor was using the designation system they deemed fit to their needs. For Ferrari, your car is a 308 GTS, factory type F106AS (homologated in Italy under that designation), chassis number 27785. It has no VIN.

The first Ferraris with a 17 position VIN were, as far as I know, some 400 in the 29xxx chassis number range.

Rgds

 

When I registered mine in Australia, they couldn't find it on their system when they asked me for the VIN, as I gave them the Chassis number. After a stressful few minutes (thinking I may have been conned) they finally worked out that a VIN number is not a Chassis number. Well not on the Australian system.

 

I think it's worthless now indeed. I'll take it for lets say 15K to get you out of this misery.


Honestly Wildcat. You are worth your name.....
Not trying to be disrespectful but reading through your thread and now this. Before you act, think twice and follow the advise some gave you. I appreciate your enthusiasm but especially with Ferrari’s, think twice before you act, surf the net, get really used to the ins and outs. It will save you a lot of heartburn, and money.

 

They screwed up reading the form they require to handle this process, they should get on with fixing it. And record the entire vehicle ID. A clerical error of this sort can't be uncorrectable.

 

I've had my 5 digit vin in Washington St and Texas no problem with either! The vin is only 5 digits.

 

when I had my 1980 GTSi in WI the title only had the last five. When I moved to MN they switched it to the full vin without me doing anything. That doesn't help you much since you now have the car in IL, just some background info.

 

AZ no problem with a 5-diget Vin. They did not even ask about it, just did it. Love AZ.

 

I'm in WA too and only have the 5 digit chassis number in place of the VIN. No issues. Although here to license it as a collector car I had to send the title in and they record the license plate number on the title. The best part is it's a one time fee and I can legally drive with no front plate.

 

Suprised wisconsin listed your mileage. When I got my titles for my testarossa and 930 they both said something to the effect "mileage unknown." The girl at the desk said they put that in for all cars over 20 years old... sigh...

 

Yep same here. Although now mine would read "in excess of mechanical limits" anyway since it's over 100K.