Please Help! R34 Gtr Engine # Doesn't Match Plate?!?!

[Phatboy]

Hi I am planning to buy a R34 GTR private sale.

The plate with the VIN/Engine number in the rear left engine bay is stamped/engraved.

I read on this forum that if it is engraved then it might be stolen - factory plates have the details PRINTED, not engraved on them.

The VIN matches what Vicroads tells me, but the engine number is not the same as that stamped on the plate. The guy told me not to pay any attention to that as that was the stamp in Japan, and the engine number would be different in Australia?!?!?!

He is sure the engine hasn't been swapped.

The compliance plate is a red/mauve printed plate on the left hand side of the engine bay, about halfway down.

Just wondering what you guys think about this, is it dodgy? I was originally planning to buy it in the next few days.

Cheers. Any advice would be greatly welcome.

[Ki_spirit]

Hi I am planning to buy a R34 GTR private sale.

The plate with the VIN/Engine number in the rear left engine bay is stamped/engraved.

I read on this forum that if it is engraved then it might be stolen - factory plates have the details PRINTED, not engraved on them.

The VIN matches what Vicroads tells me, but the engine number is not the same as that stamped on the plate. The guy told me not to pay any attention to that as that was the stamp in Japan, and the engine number would be different in Australia?!?!?!

He is sure the engine hasn't been swapped.

The compliance plate is a red/mauve printed plate on the left hand side of the engine bay, about halfway down.

Just wondering what you guys think about this, is it dodgy? I was originally planning to buy it in the next few days.

Cheers. Any advice would be greatly welcome.

Hi Mate,

I can understand your concern. There is quite a big thread on this on here somewhere, possibly try other sites such as boostcruising.com and nissansilvia for any other possibilities if you can't find it on here...

If the engine numbers doens't match what is on the plate, start to ask questions. It is not illegal to swap or change an engine as you may already know, but what I think you are more interested in is if the GTR has been built with stolen parts. etc?

Try contacting VICroads for the registered details including engine numbers and everything on the vehicle register. If not, you can get a check (In QLD there is something called R.E.V.S) where you can supply all the details of the car, eg. chassis number, engine number, VIN. etc and they can check the history of the car, crashes, whether is has been written-off and repaired, stolen. etc. so hopefully that will be able to turn something up for you and give you better piece of mind. Hopefully something similar is available in victoria, up here it only costs 30 bucks or something, so if you are really interested in the car, but have a couple of doubts as whether everything is legal or not, this inspection/check may help to clear some things up.

Maybe call the rego office and confirm the details of the car, who it is registered under. etc.

If details don't match up to what the registration office has, you should definately steer clear of this one, there is no compensation for stolen vehicles unless you can sue the owner for selling you stolen parts. etc.

Other than that good luck.