Brad.
sorry if this isn`t where it is supposed to be but i couldn`t find a spot to put it.
i may have run into a snag with  that 73 Montaro. when we bought it all we received was a bill of sale. well come to find out it may be a long process. so far we have not been able to find a HIN. there is an old California boat number on the hull and a sticker.
i was wondering if there was anyone who might be able to contact the tax commission or tag agency in California and maybe see if that number could be used to find a title or a HIN. if someone is willing to do this i will send the info. the tag on the boat is from 1990.  if i can find a HIN it would make it so much easier to title here in OK.
also really  don`t want to put a bunch of money into just to find out it is stolen or something. any help in this matter is greatly appreciated. thanks. jim

There are multiple people on here with extra jet boat paperwork laying around cause the boat went to the dump! I would just find some paperwork and go that route!

Since your boat has no numbers it dosent have to be for a wridet!

i think it was '72 when HID numbers became mandated by the USCG....double check the transom about at the water line...passanger side.

also, is there an ID plate in it? the piece of metal plate that says the HP and weight rating for the boat. Sometimes the MFG's stamped the numbers on there. is there a registration sticker on the boat? if so, what year is it?

when I registered my '71 wriedt, it had been so long since it was last registered ('83 i think) that it fell out of the DMV system so it was like registering it for the first time. I did not have a title for either the trailer or the boat. All I had was old registration from '75. The boat didnt have a HID stamped in the hull, but it had numbers stamped into the ID plate (top left side). The numbers were specific to the boat (7109 - year 71, 9th boat) and she wanted to give me a new HID number for the title because that number was already used for another boat in the system. I batted my eyelashes at this cougar and I was able to keep the number. I was able to walk out of there with a temporary title on the boat, but I had to come back to get a VIN put on the trailer because I couldnt find one anywhere on there and the plate that was on the trailer was from a car. 

I will probably be going through your same pains here shortly with the trailer thats under my liberty. The title is screwed up and the guy i bought it from gave it back to the guy he bought it from who is trying to get the guy that he bought it from sign it in the right spot.  I think its a lost cause and i will just hit up the DMV with a bill of sale and the license plate and see where i can go from there.

This reminds me , i have to register the Bahner and trailer..... but what sucks is i have to do it in two different towns, Bullhead = trailer............Kingman = Boat   and this makes me wanna
But i got to do it...
2sav

why 2 different cities? just curious.

Trailer is a dmv thing , and the boat has to go to the rangers to be registered and of course they cant be all in one town.....
I would have already done it , but i hate the drive to Kingman
Stupid with all the freakin boats we have here , im surprised they dont make me go to a town that has no water ,  Oh wait.........thats kingman

2sav

i see....you dont register boats in AZ at the dmv....but at the rangers station?

let me know what your total reg (trailer and boat) is for AZ....i want to compair it to CA rates...

i can tell you right now thats a lot lower then CA rates. Out the door with the rogers I paid almost $80 for boat and trailer, I dont know what the cost would be per year, but paying a flat lifetime 1 time payment on the trailer beats it hands down over time.

the datytona is gonna run me 35 for the year or 65 for 2 yrs, perm plates on the trailer. game and fish here is a pain in the ass, when we first bought the daytona we went down to register 2 boats at the same time, the daytona was missing the rear hin #'s so we had to make a plate for it, went ahead and registered the other boat, never realized they swapped numbers, now the daytona az numbers were registered to our flat bottom, eventually got the plate on the back of the daytona (several years later, it was still in project stages), went back to game and fish and the said the numbers were wrong for the boat, i had pics of both boats when we purchased them, both showing numbers, all my paperwork for both boats from day one showing i was correct and they had made a mistake, but it was my fault and now the daytona had to be investigated as a stolen boat, wtf, i am the second owner of the boat and i know the original owner that bought it in 78. it eventuall got straightend out but what a pain in the ass. sorry for the rant, game and fish pisses me off, and i didn't get drawn for elk again this year, 10yrs in a row

Trailers are easy and cheap. Get rid of the number on the frame if there even is one and tow it down to the DMV, tell them you built it yourself, and they'll sell you new ID numbers, plates, and tags. I want to say it's like $45... 

well....i got the crazy eights registered....1 1/2 hours and $107 later.     its reg'd through '09

the lady barely spoke English so i decided to opt out of even trying to throw her the curve ball in trying to get the trailer title transfered.......so ill do that another day.

right on, are you planning on bringing it to parker in june?

yeah, it will be there......and also since marc and i are rolling out this thursday night for the races....we are gunna go cruise around in parker on friday....do some light testing.

jealous? dont be.....marc will be sitting on the stringer 

yeah, it will be there......and also since marc and i are rolling out this thursday night for the races....we are gunna go cruise around in parker on friday....do some light testing.

jealous? dont be.....marc will be sitting on the stringer 

I thought you had no reg tag?

sorry, wrong trip, we will be at the races friday evening, staying at the bluewater rv park

So are we, what space are y'all in? You like cold beer?