what year is this coach

mowermech wrote:

Dutch_12078 wrote:

Johno02 wrote:
Read the date part of the VIN number. That is the proper date, reguardless of any other dates you find. Generally a chassis date is at least one year earlier than the model yeat.

Wrong... The final manufacturer determines the title model year in the US for multi-stage vehicles. The chassis is just one part that went into the final vehicle.

Assigning Model Years to Multi-stage Manufactured Motorhomes

I read through that link, and it pretty much explains it all. I would say that anybody who has questions about this issue print all 35 pages and take them with them to the licensing/registration agency that is causing the hassle. The bottom line is, the VIN of the incomplete vehicle (chassis) is not supposed to appear on the final ownership document(s). ONLY the VIN of the complete vehicle, and the model year of the complete vehicle, is supposed to be on the final ownership document(s).
It really IS just that simple.

WRONG! The VIN of the chassis is the only VIN (number) that should be on the Title. Period. I used to be a State Inpector for Texas. ALL out of State vehicles that want to register IN Texas, must have an Inspection done by a licensed inspector (me). I VERIFY the chassis VIN and write it down on an official form (used to called a Greensheet). The owner takes that to the County tax office to register his vehicle. IF HIS paperwork does NOT have the Chassis VIN I recorded, then he cannot register his vehicle until HE gets the old paperwork corrected. Doug