I have in my possesion a State of California "pink slip" for a 1932 ford frame. It has a license number which is I ***ume is the number plate, it also has a tab number and for the engine or ID number has a DMV number. My questions are what is a tab number? and why would it have a DMV number rather than an engine or ID number. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. I trust that a request for information on a pink slip is within posting guidelines.
I think the tab number is a number on the sticker that has the year, upper right corner. It probably has a DMV number because many times engines were replaced so that number wouldn't be valid anymore. Others will post and shed more light.
From prior experience I can tell you this. Years ago, and I mean waaay back (1950's/60's) if you had no pink slip, but had some kind of paper work, bill of sale etc. the DMV would ***ign a new number to a car, and that number would be stamped on the frame. I have a 29 on 32 rails that was ***led way back, and the ***igned # on that car is DN 1**x. I had a 32 years ago and I remember that car had an ***inged # that was DRF **x. I hope this helps with what info you are after.
I bought a '31 Model A where the previous owner had gotten it from Texas. He had the CHP inspect the car and a vin number was ***igned. A new vin tag was riveted to the driver's door and that number used for the pink slip.
If I remember correctly, the vehicle cl*** is DMV's way of encoding the vehicle's value (almost always the last reported sale price) for calculating the portion of the registration that is a tax based upon value. AA is the lowest amount, from $0 to $200. AB is $201 to $400. AE would be $801 to $1000. Memory is fading, but usually still reliable.
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