E9 3.0 csi paperswork

[Wes]

Hmm, I see an almost identical request has just popped up on FB. Glad to see the sage advice other members have provided being taken on board!
Am I missing something here, as if the car has the firewall vin stamp, working the paper trail backwards seems an easier (and more legal) option than trying to re-vin a car.
Realise things differ from country to country, but if you had @Arde's email from Group Classic, an affidavit from the previous owner(s) - going back a fair way, and an affidavit from you confirming the purchase, say with the last bill of sale you should be halfway home.

I recently had a similar issue proving I owned a car that I'm importing as in the country or origin the registration isn't proof of title, and the registration holder also needed to be a citizen of said country. Took some patience but just worked through it.

 

[eriknetherlands]

I am not sure if the OP intends to weld a new VIN into the car, or just fix/find the (link to) the original paperwork belonging to the car's VIN, keeping the VIN of the car (as @Wes describes above) . From the initial post I understand that the car may well have been registered in Belgium before, but the government isn't (hasn't been) able to find that data in their own files.

Secondly, just one word on the use of "illegal". If it is or is not illegal depends on the countries' own legislation. No doubt that modifying a VIN on the car would be NOK in the US and in NL.
But does anyone know for sure what the law in Belgium is when papers are missing? I don't, and although it's just 25 kms from here, and I speak the same language, the rules are totally different.

Some of the very best e9's driving in various corners of the world would be illegal in Belgium. Ask @Belgiumbarry ...
Some countries simply have very funny rules.

Now I am next door in the Netherlands, and here a Vin swapped car would be illegal. So to me a car with an altered VIN on the firewall is worthless.
But if you manage to get new papers for the car, completel following the Belgian law, then likely it does hold value across the border in the NL.

I do hope you find a solution fitting to Belgian rules. If by rules of Belgium there is no other option then to remove the car from the road, then I'm sure you will find plenty of buyers for the panels here on the forum, and likely it may fetch close or just as much as an empty shell by itself.