Yowza Jeremy,
Title Companies… Ahhhhhh… where to begin, Be
careful, there are title companies that can get
you a title for anything over 10 years old, as that is the usual cut-off
point for notarized documents. Title
companies usually originate in the states that have the least
intrusive/easiest to go through laws concerning
registering motor vehicles. These same states are usually the easiest
ones to “wash” a title also. Washing
consists of a “totaled” vehicle being retitled in that state with no
mention of the accident. “Washing” also
sometimes helps roll back mileage as some states do not have odometer
statements to be signed off on,
so a 200,000 mile car’s title goes to, used to be say Pennsylvannia and now
gets a title without any mileage
or odometer declaration which clears the way for “rolling back” the
odometer.
I’ve used one in the past, once. It’s amazing how little proof you
need to get a title from some states. You
also might want to be careful for a couple of reasons. You restore it
without clear title and the original owner
is under no obligation to pay you for the work you thought you did to
“your” car. Some states allow the
unbolting of anything that was replaced but not rebuilt.
The year seems a little suspect for a MK II, is there chrome frames
around the windows on the doors? You
might want to ask why the previous owner is so unfamiliar with the vehicle
as to not have title or any documents
in their name and the fact that they don’t know the proper model.
Later, Bob Lovell
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I had good results with Broadway (www.broadwaytitle.com). I was fighting a 5 year battle with the state of Colorado and the Embassy of Heaven church in Oregon. The previous owner of my '60 MkII had given the car to the church so they wouldn’t have to pay taxes on it, and the church issued it’s own title. The state of Colorado didn’t recognize God as a valid title authority, so I had to either get a bond title or go through one of the title companies. Since Colorado requires a non-refundable deposit for twice the “mint” appraised value of the car, I went with the title company. I received my paperwork from Broadway about 8-10 days after I sent it in, and got my official Colorado title without any problems the next day.
I’d have to agree with Bob, make sure you do a good title search for existing titles on the car before you go through all of this. If a previously dated title shows up somewhere, the car legally belongs to that title holder. The Colorado State Patrol did a US/Canada title search for about $25, had the results the same day.
Mike Welch (TurboPower Software)
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From: Bob Lovell [mailto:Bob.Lovell@us.habasit.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 7:49 AM
To: saloons@jag-lovers.org
Subject: [Saloon-lovers] Re: Automotive Title Companies…
Yowza Jeremy,
Title Companies.................. Ahhhhhh.... where to begin, Be
careful, there are title companies that can get
you a title for anything over 10 years old, as that is the usual cut-off
point for notarized documents. Title
companies usually originate in the states that have the least
intrusive/easiest to go through laws concerning
registering motor vehicles. These same states are usually the easiest
ones to “wash” a title also. Washing
consists of a “totaled” vehicle being retitled in that state with no
mention of the accident. “Washing” also
sometimes helps roll back mileage as some states do not have odometer
statements to be signed off on,
so a 200,000 mile car’s title goes to, used to be say Pennsylvannia and now
gets a title without any mileage
or odometer declaration which clears the way for “rolling back” the
odometer.
I’ve used one in the past, once. It’s amazing how little proof you
need to get a title from some states. You
also might want to be careful for a couple of reasons. You restore it
without clear title and the original owner
is under no obligation to pay you for the work you thought you did to
“your” car. Some states allow the
unbolting of anything that was replaced but not rebuilt.
The year seems a little suspect for a MK II, is there chrome frames
around the windows on the doors? You
might want to ask why the previous owner is so unfamiliar with the vehicle
as to not have title or any documents
in their name and the fact that they don’t know the proper model.
Later, Bob Lovell
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