hey guy i am currently restoring my dads calais and i was wondering if it is possible to get id tags in a non illegal way we had our 1986 champagne vl calais turbo stolen last year and we were lucky enough to have it recovered, but when it came back it was stripped and the id tags were gone. i was wondering if it was possible to get a new set? i would really appreciate the help! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

I have a similiar problem, I have all the tags but the chassis number on the strut tower is missing. its been mine for nearly a year and did a check its not stolen or anything. and no it hasnt just been painted over Im down to the bare metal lol. do vicroads give you another? sorry mate figured I'd add to your thread instead of making another!

Quote: Originally Posted by Anfyz [View Post] I have a similiar problem, I have all the tags but the chassis number on the strut tower is missing. its been mine for nearly a year and did a check its not stolen or anything. and no it hasnt just been painted over Im down to the bare metal lol. do vicroads give you another? sorry mate figured I'd add to your thread instead of making another! Chassis number on strut tower? Pretty sure they stopped stamping those after the vk

ive seen tags removed from stollen cars and when recoverd the police reissue a new tag and the paper work too match. i think it was a vic car i seen on here with new papers.. might work in every state

Quote: Originally Posted by DVLISH [View Post] Chassis number on strut tower? Pretty sure they stopped stamping those after the vk Every VL i have ever seen has them on the Left Strut tower....

Matty is correct. The police issue you new ID.

Police gave my mate a printed piece of paper and notified vic roads and they sent him out some paper work so legally there is no I.d plates or numbers on his vlct how dumb is that he could chuck the motor in any shell he wants really.

you will not get replacement ID plates with the same numbers on them once original ID plates are gone they are gone if a car is recovered w/out tags or engine or chassis numbers then after investigations new engine and/or chassis numbers are issued, they are known as police numbers in Vict you would get numbers that start with V and end in P, the V is for Victoria and the P is for Police. sample # would be V852362P the new numbers are than stamped on the appropriate parts after confirming that the car is indeed the original car minus #/tags and yes VL's had the chassis # stamped on the top of the LHS strut tower

My mates car I was talking about is a member of here SAV and he had no numbers stamped back on the car.

Mine was stolen and recovered i got all the paper work from the police and courts rregarding its return took me ages to grt on the road but cause i wasnt issued new tags

i bought a calais 5L from Vic... i have I.D Tags but a police stamp (VxxxxxxP) on the strut tower..... i think it has been in a crash on that strut tower and was too damaged to be read again and had to be issued with a VP number... Thats what im hoping anyway... havnt tryed to rego it in QLD yet.... didnt recieve any paper work with it either ( didnt notice til i got the **** home)