<VV> Stolen cars, was: Registering

[Harry Yarnell]

I hope this law doesn't come to pass. At least as I understand it.
I have saved many a car that had the title trail/search come up empty. Nice 
cars that were to be scraped without a title. Getting a salvage title made 
the car legit again, and it could be legally put back on the road.
Case in point:
I was offered a '94 Northstar Seville from my local salvage yard for $500. 
It was a nice car. Too good to scrap or part out. No keys; no title. Bought 
legally at auction for parts (because of the 'no title'). Well, attempts on 
my part to trace the vehicle thru the Maryland DMV, and the national data 
centers, including the VDP (vehicle donation program, from wence the car 
came), was futile. In this day of restricted personal information, nobody 
was able (willing?) to provide a 'last known owner'.
Salvage title was applied for, and obtained. An interesting part of the 
salvage titling is the car has to be rollbacked to a State police inspection 
station where it's checked for proper vin's and any stolen reports. They 
sign off on the vehicle and you now have legal ownership.

harry yarnell
perryman garage and orphanage
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "airvair" <airvair at richnet.net>
To: <MACMGEO at aol.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 6:20 PM
Subject: <VV> Stolen cars, was: Registering


> On that note, I too had a vehicle stolen once. Unfortunately, like the
> Corvair, it didn't have the now-universal 17 digit VIN, so it's
> untracable thru services like Carfax. A search for any stolen car is
> hampered by the conglomeration of 50 state title laws, which also, among
> other things, allow salvage vehicle titles to be washed. I see that one
> of the things on the new Congress's adgenda is to get a uniform titling
> law thru. Maybe once that's done, the stolen and salvage vehicle market
> will start drying up.
>
> -Mark
>
> MACMGEO at aol.com wrote:
>>
>> Adding to airvairs remarks my friend and I about 6 years ago had 2
>> greenbriers and an auto 65 cpe stolen within 8 months in front of our 
>> houses.  All 3
>> were licensed.  Never showed up.  George, 3  licensed ,vairs
>
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