JUNKY
December 16th, 2002, 11:26 PM
Little Background:
I've been wanting an old VW Beetle to restore/modify for years now, and have located a guy in Tyler,Texas that has several on property that he recently purchased (the property, not the cars - the cars came with the property) Many of the cars are rough shells and floorpans, and they are all missing motors and transaxles -- he says that from what he can tell they were all stripped of driveline for dune-buggy transplants.
He has no titles for any of them, and is willing to let whoever haul them off for a low price.
I fear that Louisiana (Being as bass-ackwards as it is about everything)will have some really screwy laws about trying to get a title for the car if I pick one up and bring it back to work on.
I don't want to spend many months and several grand on building a sweet car just to find out I cant get it titled in this state.
My other fear is that the cars may have been stolen, and stripped (I have no reason to believe this is the case, just paranoia I guess) and left out on some remote property.
If I obtain VIN#'s could any law enforcement officer run the VIN's to see if they come up clean? Possibly even locate the last registered owner if I need to try to find clear title?
If anyone in the LA DMV can help, I'd appreciate it as well...
thanks,
JUNKY
I've been wanting an old VW Beetle to restore/modify for years now, and have located a guy in Tyler,Texas that has several on property that he recently purchased (the property, not the cars - the cars came with the property) Many of the cars are rough shells and floorpans, and they are all missing motors and transaxles -- he says that from what he can tell they were all stripped of driveline for dune-buggy transplants.
He has no titles for any of them, and is willing to let whoever haul them off for a low price.
I fear that Louisiana (Being as bass-ackwards as it is about everything)will have some really screwy laws about trying to get a title for the car if I pick one up and bring it back to work on.
I don't want to spend many months and several grand on building a sweet car just to find out I cant get it titled in this state.
My other fear is that the cars may have been stolen, and stripped (I have no reason to believe this is the case, just paranoia I guess) and left out on some remote property.
If I obtain VIN#'s could any law enforcement officer run the VIN's to see if they come up clean? Possibly even locate the last registered owner if I need to try to find clear title?
If anyone in the LA DMV can help, I'd appreciate it as well...
thanks,
JUNKY