Hi folks,
I'm currently looking to buy a car which i am concerned has been rebirthed. It is a subaru was australian delivered, but this one was privately imported from Japan.
The guy selling it claims that he has all the paperwork from vicroad stating that it is legit. What concerns me though is that there is no compliance plate, and the vin number has supposedly been taken from a wrecked australian model, and the vin number is engraved into the chassie (not well either i might add).
What do people think? Has this car been rebirthed, or is this possibly legit, and how would i find out?
I was going to just call the vicroad's line to check if the vehicle is stolen or has outstanding finance, but if the vin number has been taken from an a australian model, they may just think it is that austrlian model, and would not know that the other has been wrecked.
Bottom line is... How can i make sure that the vin number and engine number match up and are legit? Surely there is a register somewhere which records what engine no, vin no, and colour a car should be...
Hope this makes sense, i know it's complicated.
I would really appreciate any assistance you can give, i don't want to be buying a stolen car.
Jeremy