DMV demands I prove my german LJ73 is a 1988 or no reggy?!

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Well as many of you know some or all old asian and european land cruisers don't have the year code as the tenth digit in the VIN #. In fact my japanese BJ73 only has 11 digits in the VIN and I had no trouble getting it registered here in New Brunswick, Canada.
Well today I went in to get my german LJ73 registered and the woman refused me, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ALREADY REGISTERED IN CANADA, P.E.I. actually. The tenth digit is a 0, which is not used to show the year of a vehicle so she said she can't verify the year of the truck. I explained to her that this is a european vehicle and the there is no year indicator in the VIN. She talked to her supervisor and told me that I had to get a letter from our local toyota dealership stating that the vehicle was indeed a 1988. So I went to toyota without high hopes, he typed in the VIN and nothing came up. no surprise there. He sent an email to Toyota Canada explaining the situation and said he'd give me a call when they get back to him. I don't expect a response.
Has anyone else had this problem? Any advice for me!?
 
If you get no response from the Toyota dealer you asked for help, would it help if you got a letter from a European Toyota dealer?
If so I can try to help.
The staff at the local dealer over here is very friendly and helpfull. If you would send me the VIN I can ask them or they are willing to write a letter containing the necessary info.....
No promises, but I can give it a try if there is no other way out for you..
 
Oh No! Sorry I can't provide any assistance on the DMV front. I'm in Fredericton and we have communicated awhile ago. Get this thing road worthy. There must be a way of determining when it was sold with the help of this forum.

Is this of any help?
http://vindecoder.eu/toyota

Chris
 
Here is how you do it. Obtain a certified copy of the original german registration which shows the vehicle vin number and the original first date of registration in Germany(it should show a 1988 date give or take a few months). Some foreign titles actually have the original first date of registration. Then, get a certified translation and you should be ok.
 
What is the JDM VIN?
 
I had a similar problem when i tried to register my imported HJ75 from Australia. If you have another DMV in the area you can try there. Basically i went on a different day, spoke to a different supervisor and had no problems. Just make sure the Canadian paperwork is in order and have it inspected at the DMV emissions before going inside. What you need to know is most DMV reps deal with basic daily car rego and D/L renewals. Throw them a curve ball and they are dumb founded.
 
My experience is to go to a different DMV location or person. Some are very anal, and if it is not cut and dried in their book, they cannot apply reason.
 
cruisernewf said:
Good day,

just wondering if you punched your VIN or frame number in to ToyoDIY.com what you might get. It might not be official but could help. Good luck. Link, http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/q.html
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Thant is EXACTLY where I was going with my JDM VIN question. That resource denotes my vehicle as having a 10-1988 production date.
 
thnx for all the responses guys!

@RonR - thnx for the offer! I may have to take you up on that. I'll know more tomorrow

@Chris - hello again. i actually did try that VIN decoder and a few others but all I got was "10th char in VIN code is not allowed (U, Z and 0)"

@moto7man - yeah in theory that should work but this woman was insistent on proof being provided by the dealership.

@winoism&shesmad - that's exactly what I'm going to do tomorrow. Oromocto is only a half hour drive from here (some may have heard of base gagetown, biggest in Canada i think). anyway i'm going to try the DMV there tomorrow.

@cruiserNewf&cruiserDan - You guys were right, that is a decoder that actually works with my truck! That's got to be a help. I'm going to print that out and bring it with me to Oromocto, or I could even type in the reggy number right in front of them with my phone.

:beer: thnx for all the help guys, I'll let you know how things go...
 
hey guys, went to the DMV in oromocto last week and I was in and out of there in minutes. I saw her looking at her screen with a funny look on her face and I spoke up and said "it's german, the VIN's are different over there". Oh i see is all she said in a cute voice and that was it. The LJ is on the road and running great!
thnx agn for the replies.
 
diesel69er said:
hey guys, went to the DMV in oromocto last week and I was in and out of there in minutes. I saw her looking at her screen with a funny look on her face and I spoke up and said "it's german, the VIN's are different over there". Oh i see is all she said in a cute voice and that was it. The LJ is on the road and running great!
thnx agn for the replies.
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YEAH! That is all it takes--different person works every time (almost)
 
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