my friends ex g/f had the '02 or '04 vw, her dad got it for her for graduation,so i'm thinkin '02... they put nos 70's super beetle bumpers, w/shocks mounts on it, thats all he said he had to do to get it here,
about the only thing we can't title here in arkansas, are 4 wheel atv's...
a 3 wheeler atc can be tagged as a trike if you claim its a custom w/ a motorcycle motor, signals/lights/horn and i've seen them get picky about d.o.t. tires tho, but guys just swap them back out, after they get tags, most sherriff/city cops realize most 3 wheelers had no clutches, so most w/clutch, you can claim its a motorcycle engine...several 250r...200x's w/tags runnin around here in summer
i'm hunting a 350x to make street legal w/ a motorcycle motor ;-)wink;-) and motorcycle title(ideally 250cc), not sure where to find a set of d.o.t. tires for a 3-wheeler, tho...if you see a honda 350x(red,white,&blue/dual headlights) in superb shape..think of me...especially if for sale and no more than a state away...arkansas, texas, oklahoma, kansas, missouri, tennessee, mississippi,... i'd travel that far for the right one, but this is not the classifieds,... i think i will go post this there, see whats the nicest one i can find and how much,,,gotta tell ya about our laws tho!
i know arkansas is 1 of the few states left, that will let you tag a salvaged vehicle! there should be some money to make, buying wrecks/totaled from states you guys live in, that won't allow it to be titled anymore,..by sending them here!...alot of people around here making money doing it,...buying 2 identical cars(1 wrecked up front/1 in rear,from insurance co. ...cheap) gut it(upoulstry wise) cut them in 1/2 weld the 2 good 1/2's together...mixed upolstery(best from each car, dye if need be) and sell it for profit w/o investing any of your money!
the banks will loan 80% of book value even on a totaled vehical....
i have a friend who recently(last 6 months), bought a totaled 2wd 2004 8.1L, quad cab 2500(leather,loaded,fairly low miles, b/c it was wrecked in the 1st part of 05, insurance had to move it) for iirc $3800(rearended/totaled) maybe $3300,anyway he borrowed $14,000 against it, which left @$11,000...
he bought a sportside bed, older model truck rear-end, crossmembered it behind the cab and back-halved it(4 link), lowered the front(bell-tec,can't remember if he bagged this 1 or not, i don't think he did the quad cab), anyway, he rimmed&tired it up,cowl hood, front facia, clear lenses, shaved the handles, remote start/windows, a little billit, i put @$500 worth of stereo in it, off the factory head unit) rear roll pan, custom taillights, custom paint....and still had money from original($14000) loan left...and then sold it for $18,500($4500 + whats left from original loan=profit)..he does this for a living, took him 3-3 1/2 weeks, all the hot rod parts he uses, the banks loan money to buy the stuff, he supplies labor/tools/shop! hotrods totaled chevy trucks on the banks dime, then gets custom built pricing, when he sales it!
the bank knows what he's doing, they give him...i think its called a promisory loan, on his promise the loan is going toward fixing the truck, and give him either 60 or 90 days until a payment is due, so he has time to fix it, and they loan 80% of book, even when totaled, no matter what insurance wants for the vehicle....he did a z06 vette, last year and said he didn't make all that much money off it, he says the custom rodded chevy trucks make him the best money....i envy his little biz, makin money hotrodding chevy trucks for a profit w/ someone elses money, then sells it and finishes another 1....i guess its sort of like flipping houses, but FUN! he has ussually 3-4 going at any givin time, in different stages of completion...he told me once, that he tries to finish 2 a month, not working himself to death and makin a fairly good income. it works well enough that he built a shop 3 sizes what he had and a frame machine! sounds like the ideal job to me!
