[Shotimes] picked up a 89 SHO .. 4 sale

[Rick Glass]

If you get a bill of sale for a car, be sure the VIN # is clearly visible
and correct, verify the signature is legible and that of the person selling
it to you, check their ID, if it's a legal sale this won't be a problem.  As
long as there is a current bill of sale in hand by the current owner, if in
fact a "serious" question of ownership arrises, the proper authorities would
go to the previous seller, ask for their proof of ownership (bill of sale),
that would lead them to the previous owner, and maybe the owner before them,
eventually they would locate the title holder, or in many cases the title is
simply lost and it wasn't worth the hassle of trying  to get a new one.
Cars are sold every day of the year all over the country without titles,
cars older than a certain year don't even have titles, in fact many cars
that are bought from a police impound auction will not have a title.  It's
not as big a deal as some people make it out to be.   Just don't plan on
street driving it, it would be nearly impossible to get legal, unless you
started a frame up rebuild and obtained a builders title (this is what I am
doing with my '53 F100 that doesn't have a title).
I bet there's at least a hundred of cars on ebay right now with no
title......

Rick Glass
'99 Silver 33,500
      Flowmaster Original 40's
'94 Yellow ATX 161,051
      KYB Struts
      Eibach Springs
      K&N panel filter, enlarged box opening
      Gutted cats


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Kegel" <d.kegel@comcast.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] picked up a 89 SHO .. 4 sale


> Exactly.  I sure as hell would not want a car without a title, track car
or
> not.  Whomever DOES have the title can claim it's their car.
>
> Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
> To: "'Dave Kegel'" <d.kegel@comcast.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: September 23, 2003 11:18 AM
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] picked up a 89 SHO .. 4 sale
>
>
> > You just sell it like a can of beans!!
> >
> > Thing that worries me is, where IS the title? Do you physically get it
> with
> > the car, and it's just non-transferable?
> >
> > What happens if a neighbor bitches about an unlicensed car in your
drive,
> > and the cops come by, check the VIN, and find out that the car was
> reported
> > stolen two years ago?
> >
> > Ron Porter
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