Topic: *big sigh* so...I have a bit of a situation

I need to get my Mexi re-registered in Nevada.  I have 2 problems...

1.  SMOG, as some may remember shortly after I bought my 99 Mexi I had to put a new exhaust in it.  Because of cost and the fact that Ohio had done away with smog/emissions checks, I replaced the original exhaust with one that did not did not have the catalytic converter.  So, as you may expect my little buggy is having a hell of a time passing the Smog check here in Vegas.

2.  VIN inspection.  Because the vehicle is from out of state (Ohio), Nevada requires a VIN inspection be completed.  Problem is, after the accident with my bug a couple years ago...I can't find any VIN plate matching the one on the title.

Any thoughts, tips, tricks??  So far I have not gotten pulled over..but I am seriously pressing my luck.  But the buggy is my only transportation.

99/73 Mexi Beetle

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The title VIN should be on the chassis tunnel under the back seat, just in front of the access cover for the gear coupler. That will make it officially a "rebuilt" 73, and since 73 did not require catalytic converters all you should have to pass is the 73 standard, and the Mexi should do that without the cat - as long as you have the O2 sensor installed so the ECU can control the mixture correctly. Without the O2 sensor it could be a problem.

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Hiya chic,

Ditto what Tom has to say.

The VIN is the key to your way out of this situation.  Your "99" is actually a 73.  It's the only way the USA will allow the vehicle into the country.  Your pan (with your VIN) was originally a USA registered vehicle.  The pan was shipped down to Mexico where an otherwise all new 99 Bug was built on your old pan.  The USA allows that car back ion country because it is still considered a 73 because of the pan. 

So, as Tom advises, find that pan serial number (it should be the same as your paperwork VIN - if it's not then you have REALLY big problems!) and then go see the folks at the Nevada DMV to show them your car is a 73, NOT a 99.  And you may not even have to do the emissions testing.  Most states waive anything over 25 years.

Mike

1970 AS Bug
1970 Bus - The Ruptured Duck

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Goodwillchic--I don't remember --but did you get a Mexi with the full roll back roof (soft top)?

I was sweating two weeks ago just taking the bug for air in the tires at a garage down the street--no license sticker (and weeks earlier visiting Bignic).....I can't imagine being on edge all the time!  Good luck.

Patty B.
'69 stock bug

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If it helps, I have a Mexi muffler with cat converter I've recently replaced. The tailpipe area was beginning to crack but it is perfectly functional and had a chrome tip welded to it at some point. I can tack up the crack and you can have it for shipping costs if it helps you. Darby oldbugs@comcast.net

-Darby

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Yeah I weld old Pea shooters up !
  Cracked exhaust is common ! If your Exhaust is burned out it wont weld ! But V. W's arent known too burn the exhaust out ! Usuall is stress crack's !
  Las Vegas has Smogg <<<< That Suck's big time !
  Thought Nevada was still part of a Free America !
  Get some one to weld or replace your Muffler <<< Get a Core credit on Catylytic converter muffler !! << Shop will Ripp you on Core Charge's !! << Usually Buy's shop Beer etc.!!
  Then a Tune up ! Valve's adjusted etc.
  Then Vote for Succession from the People's Communist Republic of America ! Join Texas and Montana in State's right's !
  So you dont have to Deal with the Ignorance of Emmission's control that doesnt work !
  We will all be livin on the Edge before Long as in the Very near future as in sooner than you would think !!!
  See History of Communism <<< 100 year experiment that Genocided and Oppresse'd Billion's !
                                    Sean

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Wow...

Eric - '68 "Herbie" 1835cc (O\(53)/O)
GO BUCKS !!!!!!

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Sean's wrote:

Yeah I weld old Pea shooters up !
  Cracked exhaust is common ! If your Exhaust is burned out it wont weld ! But V. W's arent known too burn the exhaust out ! Usuall is stress crack's !
  Las Vegas has Smogg <<<< That Suck's big time !
  Thought Nevada was still part of a Free America !
  Get some one to weld or replace your Muffler <<< Get a Core credit on Catylytic converter muffler !! << Shop will Ripp you on Core Charge's !! << Usually Buy's shop Beer etc.!!
  Then a Tune up ! Valve's adjusted etc.
  Then Vote for Succession from the People's Communist Republic of America ! Join Texas and Montana in State's right's !
  So you dont have to Deal with the Ignorance of Emmission's control that doesnt work !
  We will all be livin on the Edge before Long as in the Very near future as in sooner than you would think !!!
  See History of Communism <<< 100 year experiment that Genocided and Oppresse'd Billion's !
                                    Sean

The muffler on a Mexi beetle is way different. It's a heavy can like a Volvo resonator welded directly to the cat converter with a single tailpipe stuck out the side.

-Darby

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TomB - thanks!  After I got her back from the shop for some brake work we immediately pulled out the back seat and found the VIN!  So that's one problem down - horray!!!

DrDarby - thanks for the offer and I will definitely be taking you up on it if my little one fails smog again : )

Sean - you are soooo right about the tune up.  As soon as we got her back from the brake job and after we found the VIN, I filled up the tank and took her out....she drove like a little old lady on a Sunday afternoon!  Terrible!  Last tune up and valve adjustment was in December but she needs it again.  She's back firing and her timing is all off.  I HATE Las Vegas!  The alltitude, heat and dust is killing my baby!

I'm back in Ohio right now for a few days for my sister's wedding but once I'm back in Vegas getting the buggy legal is my # 1 priority so I can stop being so paranoid on the road.

Oh, and Sean...priority # 2 is getting out of Nevada.  We leave in December as soon as our lease is up ; )  We're thinking Colorado.

99/73 Mexi Beetle

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Katie: Good luck with your Bug.....and the "Welcome" is always open out here in Colorado!

Clancy

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Thanks Clancy : ) We can hardly wait!

99/73 Mexi Beetle

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Well aware that Mexi's have Catylytic converter's and EGR valves and a single exit exhaust etc. Even tho I am not the Mexi Expert !
  Im more of a Mexi Scrapper , and part's Robber Baron type like when it come's to the Mexi Car's !! LMAO
   As to Nev smogg ??
   Have no Idea what the Requirement's are ??? As in Does it have to pass a Visual ??
  Here they have to pass a Visual Inspection etc.
  Another Variable factor is Fuel Blend's ! There Different in Nev.
  But if a visuall is required !! Gotta have an OEM muffler with the Cat and EGR hooked up ?? << Or what ever the Car was sold with ???
   As to Smogg period <<< These law's are responsible starting as far back as 1974 for 10 time's the amount of smogg that would normally be Emmitted from your Vehicle !!
   Least up and until the Mid 80's early 90's then it's still un measureable amount due to the Multitude of Variable's ??
  Example : 1/2 ton truck Emmitts so much emmission's sitting on a tread mill in the smogg shop !
  But hook a heavy work or tool trailer to it , putt it under a continous heavy load ??????? <<< Variable's ???
  Or example 2 >>>> Badd tune up due too lack of part's that are only made for 10 year's etc or >>>>> List, of variable's goe's on and on ! Car is scrapped at half life wont pass smogg !! Emmission's to build a new one ??? Etc. Etc.
   See Physic's work formula !!
   Kinda like all these Communist UCLA study's !
  Example : Was in Court and Judge was Reammin everyone who had been Caught drivin with out a Liscense, Insur. ! Max Fines !
   Her Excuse was recent Study By Calif. has determined that over half the traffic fatality's a Non Liscensed non Insured Motorist was involved ?
  Not to sound rascist again ?? But think we all know who the Majority of Non Insured , no Liscensed Driver's are here In So Cal where 1/10th of the Nation's Population reside's !
   But they Raised the Fine By 6 fold because it's an Excuse to Tax and Fine every one rather than enforceing the Law's of Illegal Immigration !
  Take this Cap and Trade on Electricity the Enviromentalist want !
  What there saying is your alotted so much electricity per House Hold at Prices sett at Free Market Value !
  But Exceed that amount of usage you will then be Fin'ed for being badd to the Enviroment !! Therefore the Govt will decide just How Badd you have Been !!!
   Not Based on a service or Good's or a Cost to Produce But a Tax / Fine Based on what is considerd to be the Negative affect your Usage has supposedly had on Global Warming !
   If I had to Guess I think that Good Will Chick <<< Very Hott and therefore has a tendecy too be very , very , Badd !! Especially if Im the Meter Reader ?? LMAO
   This could be a quite Costly policy for those in a 100+ degree enviroment Livin in Sinn City !!
   So what we have here is Legislation on Global warming wich is no more than Speculation and Theory as to what is causeing it !
  So what is the Exceeded rate and, or fine based apaun ??? Theory and Speculation !!
  So I have a Theory that Good Will Chick is so Hott ! That she should be Fined Just for Being so Hott she has a Negative affect on Global Warming ?? That's My Theory!
  Because of Her Affect on Men Cause she is so HotT she should be taxed More because Every time she walk's intoo a room full of Men they get all worked up there Body's create more Heat , therefore there is the Need to turn the A.C. Up , Negatively affecting Global Warming !!
   LMAO But that's the Gist of Cap and Trade !! Total B.S.
  Taxation with out Representation !!
  What are the Fine's / Rate's Based apaun ?? How much can you use before being fined ??
  Not a problem Im sure that Obama will appoint a Czar to over see it and determine who's been good and who's been Badd ! Who's need's supercede other's need's etc. etc.
   Was told since I was 10 year's Old that the Commie's intended to Overthrow the Govt of the U.S.A.
   Was told Carl Marx Prophesized that Communism would overtake America within 100 Year's having never fire'd a shot !
  I thought they was all bunch of Crazy old, drunk Desert Ratt's ?? Then as an Adult I saw thing's made me think maybe not so Crazy ??
   Now were here ! It's Happening !!
   In 100 + year's of Communism there is not 1 Success story where Communism or Socialist Policy has become a Success Story !
  Cuba is only argument that it work's <<< That's Highly Debatable !!!
  But From Stallin's Russia to Rhuwandha too Sierra Leone to Mao Sey Dung's China there are 100's if not thousand's of failed Communist / Socialist Policie's !
   In fact Communism and Fascism are Responsible for Countless Genocide , Poverty , Human Right's Violation's , Starvation , Oppression <<< Continous attrocitie's committed on the Human Race !!
   But I guess History is wrong ???
   This time it will be Different and it is a Good Idea even tho it has never worked out in it's implementation on a Multitude of Countrie's !!
  Straight from Stallin and Lennon's Play Book !
  Create a Class War !
  Nationalize , Bank's, Industry , Private Enterprize, And Farming , and Medical Care !
  Capitolize on ethinicity !
  Target Political Opposistion !!
  Destroy all Political Opposistion !!
  = Communist Dictatorship ! = Oppression except for the Elitist wich = A Progressive Idealogy and Philosophy !
   And These People as in Miss Hillary <<, They use Mein Khomp as there Play Book !
  Google 1922 and the Progressive Movement ! I forgett the Ladie's name this Mornin !
  But Social Engineering wasnt New in 1922 Nor was it's Lesson's Lost on Nazi Germany !
  In fact the Final Solution ???? Is A typicall and most commonly known form of Social Engineering that most of us are aware of in the 21st century !
  Not to be the Alarmist and Apologize for being Political in what is suppose to be Automotive Forum !!
  But all I see is History Re- peating itself ! As An American U.S.A. Citizen Im Upsett , Alarmed , Panicked, Paranoid and in fear that Tyranny is Prevailing in My Country !!
  I consider Communism an Act of War on the American People !!
  Ok Im gonna Shut up for Now !!
Said My Peice !!
  Im sure you all dont have a call to bann me from the site for being Political <<< Wich Im not ! Least until recently !!
  Pretty soon Obamma will appoint a Internett Czar to do it for you !! LMAO
  It's Like the Black America was so Traumatized By Slavery that they have an almost Subconcious need to be Enslaved again 150 year's Later !
  Hell If I know ??
  Cause Im totally Miff'ed that People, are Buying intoo this !!! Question is will you be a German Citizen that watche's from hideing while the Nazi's dragg the Jew's from there House's in the Middle of the Night , and Say and Do Nothing !!
  As for Me I cant Imagine a Quality Life of any sort after standin by and allowing the Final solution to be Implemented and doing nothing !
  What's Really weird about the Extreme Left is that there doing everything that they Accussed G.W. of Doing ?/ Not that there's any Love for G.W. in my Heart !
  Lett us not forgett the G.W. 911 Conspiracy ?? <<< I surmise to stay in Power ? Etc. that the Extreme Left will Orchestrate and Conspire a 911 Type Event !
  Blame it on Right Winger's as a Mean's to targett Political Opposistion ??
  Ok Im gone
                                LMAO Sean
                                                               Sean