Thread: Mopar Reverse Trike

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I guess I'll have to see once I get a little farther along. I wish I could just keep the Omni VIN and title since all the mechanicals will be from the car but I don't think they'll go for that. I'm certainly not the first guy in Missouri to title a home built car so i'll jump through the hoops and figure it out.

Not much of a chance here in MO of using the ol'title, got a buddy they just nailed on a dune buggy because he used the same title & VIN off the VW it came from. I found a whole lot of misleading and incorrect info on the web for MO, even from the official web sites. You are correct it has to be substantially complete, I simply called the inspection station previous and asked all the questions I wrote down, as well as who I talked too, doing this earlier than later is where I messed up as I should have done it from the start of the build and I didn't. There is nothing hard about it, just finding out which hoop to jump through first and what order afterwards is the trick. The SEMA law helped alot but it hurt in some respects as they are more strict now, the part of notraized bill of sales and title copy's isn't alway's easy when you buy used parts, just ask the guy for'em at the swap meet and let me know what he says!

Originally Posted by falconvan

I guess I'll have to see once I get a little farther along. I wish I could just keep the Omni VIN and title since all the mechanicals will be from the car but I don't think they'll go for that. I'm certainly not the first guy in Missouri to title a home built car so i'll jump through the hoops and figure it out.

Just to clarify, I wasn't suggesting that you were going to attempt to use/keep the Omni VIN & title, I was just amazed at the idea of "...all the major parts are from this specific Omni, therefore it's still an Omni" and suggested that it would be interesting to be a fly on the wall when anyone presented that argument. To me the fact that you've constructed a rectangular tube frame to mount the modified front power unit and one trailing arm assembly from the back seals the deal. Now Jack's suggestion of a "Reconstructed Motor Vehicle" might be the ticket, but no matter how you get there the beast will be getting a brand new VIN courtesy of the State of Missouri, I'd venture a guess.