Fwd: <VV> rebodied corvairs/

[Tony Underwood]

At 11:21 hours 06/30/2005, HallGrenn at aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 6/29/2005 9:38:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>RoboMan91324 at aol.com writes:
>Mama finally gets fed up waiting for her con man son
>to finish the restoration and demands to have the car back.  To cover his
>ass, he tells her, "Oops, sorry Ma .... I went to get it and someone stole
>it."
>Of course, Mama reports the theft and the authorities see the VIN registered
>to Bob.
>Exactly.  In my case the daughter (an Army Officer) thanked me for her mom
>and I got the money back I had spent (nothing for all my time 
>naturally).  Mom
>had tried to say I had stolen the car at first, but I didn't budge because I
>had the paperwork--including a note from the Chevy dealer allowing me to tow
>it--AND I had the car.  In the end everyone (but Junior) was happy.  Mom sure
>loved her convertible (red on red with a white top).  But then don't we 
>all love
>our Corvairs?





This sounds like the sort of thing that could happen with *any* car, 
whether it had been rebodied or not.


It always pays to make sure you have legal ownership (not just title to) of 
any vehicle before you start in on spending any money on it.   There *is* a 
difference between title and ownership.    Any crook could sell you 
something sans title...  it's always a good idea to check the DMV for title 
activity (AND the existence of any liens), then just to be sure, run the 
VIN through a CRC check to make sure it's not reported as stolen 
somewhere.   If it passes muster, and it's not on record as stolen or owned 
by anyone else or has liens against it, and the seller agrees to signing 
that bill of sale, then you own the car.    Getting a title is then the 
next step.

There are sample vehicle "Bill Of Sale"  forms available that would be good 
models for anyone purchasing any vehicle without a title.

But before you even get that far, run that vehicle's VIN through channels 
and make sure of what you're getting.    This should go without 
saying.    It can save a lot of trouble and maybe even keep you out of a 
courtroom.


tony..