Hello! I deliver mail and have fallen in love with these mini vans and flatbed trucks. I'm trying to understand the Liscensing in my state process. With the VIN # provided, which is not 16 digits....the insurance company is saying it cant be insured?
In Idaho the vans are easier to license. There is a statute which expressly prohibits licensing and titling the japanese mini trucks, a holdover from the days when they were importing the left hand drive, minitrucks with the speed governed to 25-mph, to avoid the EPA and DOT environmental, and safety standards. The laws and the reasoning behind those laws made sense at that time for those vehicles. But now that we are importing 25-year old vehicles, designed and manufactured for on-road use, which are exempt from the federal, emissions and safety standards, they should be licensable as collector vehicles.
I've heard people that just add zeros in front of the vin to make it fit the computer system. I can't say it's legal, but I've read about several tag offices doing that to make it work.
