<VV> Corvairs with 'Antique' plates - humor

[airvair at earthlink.net]

Ken,

Some people lead a charmed life, others (apparently, like me) are cursed
with the opposite extreme. It seems that I've always had to pay, and pay
dearly, for whatever I've gotten. I've always had to buy high and (when
selling) been forced to sell low, only to hope to make a profit on volume.
If I didn't have bad luck, I'd have no luck at all. When I fall into a bed
of roses, all I come away with are the thorns. Apparently I must have been
born under a cursed moon. (G)

Glad at least SOMEbody (you) doesn't have such problems. Anybody have some
curse remover? Any luck they can share?

-Mark (hapless in Ohio)


> [Original Message]
> From: Ken Wildman <k-wildman at onu.edu>
> Subject: RE: <VV> Corvairs with 'Antique' plates
>
> Mark:
>
> Wow!
>
> I never had a problem like that.  I bought the convertible from a Canadian
> in Michigan.  I did have to get a customs release so I drove it up to
> Toledo, the Customs Officer checked the VIN against the title, told me it
> should have been "exported" by the seller.  I explained he was on the way
> home when he learned I was interested.  Paperwork signed.  Then the next
day
> I drove it to Kenton from Ada, stopped at a shop that I knew did the
> inspection.  Got the paperwork, drove to the 
> DMV office and got my new plates, took off the Canadian plates and put on
> the Ohio plates.  Drove home.
>
> In November of 2007 I bought a diesel pusher motor home in Oregon, got a
15
> day temporary Oregon registration with paper tag.  Put the tag on the
> driver's side window because there is no window at the rear and drove down
> to L.A. and across I-10 then north to Ohio.  35 foot motor home, tall as a
> truck, with no metal tags, and never even got a raised eyebrow.
>
> Perhaps you lack my boyish charm?    <very big grin>
>
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: <VV> Corvairs with 'Antique' plates
>
> Must be nice. Not the case in Ohio. The process here is as I described,
and
> a royal PITA, and totally INconvenient to purchases from out of state.
>
> -Mark
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Jim Houston 
> Subject: Re: Corvairs with 'Antique' plates
>
> In Florida, the local sheriffs have "Citizen On Patrol" or COPS - they are
> like an auxiliary.  When I needed my Corsa inspected, I called them and a
> COP came by the house, verified the VIN, signed the title application and
> said "Have a nice day"...  They don't charge a fee, but they will accept a
> tip..  I gave her $5 and everybody was happy!
>
> Jim Houston
> '65 Corsa
>
> On 3/28/2010 6:08 PM, airvair at earthlink.net wrote: 
> Back in '71 I bought my '67 convert in Massachusetts. The only way I could
> "legally" get it back would have been to go up there with a flatbed
trailer
> OR to go up there, get the bill of sale (Mass was not a title state at the
> time), bring it back, and apply for an Ohio temp tag. Then return to Mass
> and drive the car home on the temp tag. Neither of which I could do (for
> various reasons). So what I did was remove the plates from my daily
> (Corvair) driver, go to Mass and buy the car, put the plates on it, and
> drive it home with my fingers crossed, hoping that I'd neither get stopped
> or have an accident. Which in that case, I would have simply had to hope
> the cop would be sympathetic and look the other way.
>
> Nowadays, when you "import" a car from out of state, you have to have it
> "inspected" by a licensed inspector before you can file for its paperwork.
> (Actually, all he does is check to see if the VIN on the car matches the
> VIN on the paperwork.) Since few will travel to your house, in order to be
> "legal" you end up having to trailer the car there and back. Thankfully,
> many inspectors are usually sympathetic and will "look the other way" if
> you drive it there.
>
> Let's face it. Most states barely recognize that people can and do buy
cars
> from out of state, instead of ONLY local in-state dealers and individuals.
> Heck, few states even recognize that car collectors even exist, so laws
> "designed" to protect the average citizen from fraud and other illegal
> schemes often tend to be "inconvenient nusiances" hindering otherwise
> law-abiding, legitimate hobbyists.
>
> The problem is that most state legislators are "average" citizens who
don't
> stop to think past the average car owners' normal activities. Few are car
> collectors themselves, let alone being aware of our "special" needs. And
to
> make matters worse, while you MAY be able to find your local
representative
> sympathetic, in order to do anything about any given problem you also have
> to wake up the large majority of other legislators. THAT is why it's all
> but impossible to get anything but lip service from them. Our car
> collectors' niggly little legal entanglements aren't usually enough to
> garner much attention on their radar screens.
>
> -Mark
>   
> [Original Message]
> From: John Kepler <jekepler at amplex.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Corvairs with 'Antique' plates/but no Corvair
>
> "Some food for thought next time you buy or sell a car to a private
>     
> party. 
>   
> I purchased a car in FL last year and was required to get a temporary
>     
> plate
>   
> from the FL DMV in order to drive back to IL where it would be titled and
> licensed"
>
> Repeat after me....Trailers are your friend...trailers are your friend!
> This a lesson learned the VERY hard way back in the Dark Ages of youth,
> inexperience, lack of foresight/funds and showroom stock racing!
>