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Calif title ?? #2733125
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Just saw a new posting for a 70 Barracuda over in the e bodies for sale section, Appears to be an original Calif. car that needs a complete resto. Reasonably priced but being sold with a bill of sale due to a lost title. Seems strange as it used to be pretty easy out there to get a duplicate title by just having the Vin #'s by any public servant ( IE: L.E.O. etc.) Have things changed or should one suspect a red flag?? shruggy

Re: Calif title ?? [Re: TJP] #2733135
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CA is a title state so - No title = No sale.

Re: Calif title ?? [Re: Alaskan_TA] #2733142
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Unless things have changed. If you have a bill of sale and a vin verification by the CHP or DMV you can get a title. Also it the car has been off the road for a long time it may have been purged from the DMV and a title can legally obtained. Lien sales can work also

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Re: Calif title ?? [Re: ns1aar] #2733181
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EASY to get a title here as stated above. Out of the computer, even better.

Re: Calif title ?? [Re: Alaskan_TA] #2733186
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Originally Posted by Alaskan_TA
CA is a title state so - No title = No sale.



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Re: Calif title ?? [Re: Jjs72D] #2733279
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Run the VIN first before you do anything.


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as long as you look good doing it!

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Re: Calif title ?? [Re: BloFish] #2733351
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If it's that easy then the owner should do it before trying to sell their scrap.

Re: Calif title ?? [Re: stumpy] #2733360
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That was my thought.

Re: Calif title ?? [Re: mopacltd] #2733745
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Kind of seemed a bit suspicious to me. whistling

Re: Calif title ?? [Re: BloFish] #2733747
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Originally Posted by BloFish
Run before you do anything.


there, fixed it for you, LOL

and yes I agree 100% on the VIN check beer

Re: Calif title ?? [Re: TJP] #2733761
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Definitely, run that vehicle identification number FIRST!!!

A good while back I purchased a B-body donor shell that was advertised here on Moparts. Looked too good to pass up and was sold on a bill of sale, but turned out to be STOLEN.

Anyway, I did the right thing and had my local sheriff come and impound it.

It took over a year of waiting and paying prorated impound storage $$ to get it back. Even then, if the person who reported it stolen wanted to claim it, they'd have the right to, and I would have been out of luck.

Not saying that all bill-of-sale only transactions aren't valid... just remember the advice from the first line of this post!

Re: Calif title ?? [Re: GB5andGY8] #2733894
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If the VIN isn't in the system, it's fairly easy to get a title but ya got fib a little. Just claim that it's been yours for years and you lost the title..be sure to specify it hasn't been moved on its wheels (trailer/flat bed OK).


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I'm sure that's how Wild Cherry got stolen too.

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Puttin' on the foil in Charles...
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Puttin' on the foil in Charles...
Originally Posted by Sniper
I'm sure that's how Wild Cherry got stolen too.


And here we go... stirthepot biggrin


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NO title...NO sale!

Re: Calif title ?? [Re: ns1aar] #2734347
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Originally Posted by ns1aar
Unless things have changed. If you have a bill of sale and a vin verification by the CHP or DMV you can get a title. Also it the car has been off the road for a long time it may have been purged from the DMV and a title can legally obtained. Lien sales can work also


Records are removed from the CA DMV after 7 years.

It's pretty stupid now days with the amount of cloud storage available.

Re: Calif title ?? [Re: Alaskan_TA] #2734348
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Originally Posted by Alaskan_TA
CA is a title state so - No title = No sale.


Barry that's not true.

If you have a Bill of Sale and a Vehicle VIN Verification and there are no Title Issues and are willing to give the State of California a tremendous amount of money you can get a title.

There are also other ways to get a title here but I will not disclose those. beer

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What is the deal if any on cali and this so called "dead" list. Ive bought a couple cars from cali in the past that seemed like they were saved at the yard but was told they could not be reg. or a title given in cali even though I got a signed title.


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I don't know if the seven year thing is still the fact or not. Certain cars were scrapped in a way that they could never be registered in California again. Those cars never seem to leave the computer system. I'm not sure how that worked. I know a certain Daytona Iroc R/T that was saved, but cannot be registered...

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Originally Posted by Jim_Lusk


I don't know if the seven year thing is still the fact or not. Certain cars were scrapped in a way that they could never be registered in California again. Those cars never seem to leave the computer system. I'm not sure how that worked. I know a certain Daytona Iroc R/T that was saved, but cannot be registered...



Might not be able to be registered in California, but I'd bet it wouldn't be much of a problem if it went out of state. If it ever went back, I could see a problem cropping up at that time though.


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