You can use vehicles with salvage titles, assuming they pass all the
inspections, but they remain titled 'salvage'.

Mike

On 3/11/03 10:15 AM, "Neal Hansen" <nhansen@DAKOTACOM.NET> wrote:

> I guess that California doesn't believe in recycling.
> I once rebuilt a pickup truck in Connecticut that the Insurance Co. said
> cost more to repair than the book value was. I did have to trailer it to the
> MV Dept. and have it fully inspected. They thought that the horn wasn't loud
> enough but I got a clean title anyway.
>                                                       Neal
>
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>
> Date:    Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:36:12 -0800
> From:    Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
> Subject: Converting a salvage title in CA
>
> Volks,
>
> In a word, NO.
>
> Once a vehicle is branded salvage, junk or several other things like that it
> will remain that.  The records are held by VIN so unless you can change the
> VIN, a federal crime, then once branded is forever branded.
>
> This is from the people who make such decisions at DMV.
>
> Mike
>