Didn't know you could even do that.

Live and learn.

Hopefully.

Mike

On 3/11/03 12:09 PM, "Jeffrey Schwaia" <jeff@TSSGI.COM> wrote:

> Apparently, the only way to "clean" a title in California, is to get the
> party that originally declared the vehicle as salvaged or junk to reverse
> the declaration with the DMV.  I know two people who have done this, one on
> a BMW, the other on a Mercedes.  Every other method I've heard about is
> heresay (so far).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Neal Hansen
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 10:15 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Converting a salvage title in CA
>
>
> 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
>
> ------------------------------
>
> 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
>