Hi Folks Newbie here. I picked up a 63 hardtop 40 this weekend but it has no title. Some guy had left it in storage 5 years ago and never came back for it. After all this time the storage guy found out the owner had died. Here is my dillema, it has no engine or tranny but the exterior and interior is in awsome shape. Should I go the process of going after a title or just part it out?
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save it.. someone can put a motor it in easy enough
dont part it fix it or sell it to someone that has the means i know you cant sell them on ebay but some one may have atitle and serial no plates they can sell you if the guy died and you know his name you have to contact the person in charge of the estate there is always the chance they may want the truck since he died you may be able to use a title service usually listed in any car book have done 2 out of new york and they went well best to contact them and find out the rules good luck
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I thought about goping through the hoops to get it but that requires finding the person in charge of the estate and having them sign off on it. Is it really worth the process? I love cruisers don't get me wron I have had a few before and even own a new 2006 but as much as I paid for this one I thought if I parted it out I could just go buy another with a title.
Diesel swap!
depends where you live, up here you just go to motor vehicles, file a claim on an abandoned vehicle, they attempt to contact the PO, if they have no luck within a certain amount of time they'll give you a letter authorizing you to sell it or register it. I realize that where I live the rules are lax, but it works
option B, the storage guy is presuambly owed some money, he can likely file some kind of a lein, which will either allow him to sell the vehicle, or locate the estate folks that hold the title. of course this might be a big pain for him to do, so be prepared to pay.
HTH
option B, the storage guy is presuambly owed some money, he can likely file some kind of a lein, which will either allow him to sell the vehicle, or locate the estate folks that hold the title. of course this might be a big pain for him to do, so be prepared to pay.
HTH
just make sure you get a recipt and and fill out a statment of facts at the local DMV and they should be able to get you a Tital. I had to go through all of this before, and mine was worse as mine had a liean on it at one time.
Shane
Shane
I'll buy the whole thing... what do you want for it?
this cruiser was on craigslist right??
its green with the original hardtop etc?
its green with the original hardtop etc?
eh... little rich for my blood. Thanks though
wasnt the askin price only 500?
