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keepin it stock Samba Member
Joined: September 11, 2013 Posts: 7 Location: Bountiful, UT
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 5:56 am Post subject: Title for 56 rag top |
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I'm looking for a title for a 56 rag. I have access to a 56 with a donor 56. I would like to restore the rag top for our son. It would be a shame to have both cars go the way of the butcher, but my buddy doesn't have a title to either car and that's what he's thinking about doing to both cars. Are there any sources in samba land for a title? Anyone sitting on a title? A beat up pan with a title? |
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draginwagen Samba Member
Joined: August 02, 2006 Posts: 1446 Location: Bristol,Tennnessee
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 9:32 am Post subject: |
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There are an endless number of topics about titles.
Here is a link to a search for "lost title":
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/search.php?cx=partner-p...;sa=Search
I have had this problem a few times. Used Broadway one time but from the threads i've read that isn't the best route to go anymore. Seems that the best way now if the Maine registration.
Were they lasted titled to your buddy? If so he should be able to just file for a lost title. That has always worked for me. I recently bought a 64 from a guy in NC without a title and hadn't been registered in the past 25 years. He was the last registered owner and filed for a lost title and it came 6 weeks later.
Most DMVs purge there records every so often though. I have been trying to get a new title for my fathers 1968 Firebird that parked in the 80s and lost the title to but the DMV can't find the records and don't seem to want to help me get a new one too much.
I think if you don't care to go through the hassle of getting a title then you can get a pretty good deal on a car with no title since that seems to scare of alot of buyers. _________________ 1964 Beetle
1969 Bay Window Camper
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57BLITZ Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2012 Posts: 2385 Location: DEEK - U.S.A.
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:20 am Post subject: Re: Title for 56 rag top |
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keepin it stock wrote: |
I'm looking for a title for a 56 rag. Are there any sources in samba land for a title? |
Have you checked with your motor vehicle department???
I just got my "new" 1962 Bug titled last Monday at D.M.V.
Seller gave me nothing more then a handwritten receipt on plain paper . . . no title and the car was missing the license plates!
As Draginwagen says, mine had "fallen out of the system" and D.M.V. had NO record of the car . . . but it does now! _________________ Jesucristo es mi Seņor y Salvador! |
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my59 Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2003 Posts: 3780 Location: connecting the dots
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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Utah DMV seems to have pretty clear cut method for dealing with old cars without titles provided everything is on the up and up. Read their instructions. _________________ my59: Well son, my grandfather died before I got to drive it, so does that answer your question?
our79: sunroof bus w/camper interior and 2.0 FI
Other:'12 Jetta, '77 Benz 300D, and a 74 MG Midget. |
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xeno Samba Member
Joined: July 26, 2006 Posts: 653 Location: Mile High
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:07 pm Post subject: Re: Title for 56 rag top |
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57BLITZ wrote: |
keepin it stock wrote: |
I'm looking for a title for a 56 rag. Are there any sources in samba land for a title? |
Have you checked with your motor vehicle department???
I just got my "new" 1962 Bug titled last Monday at D.M.V.
Seller gave me nothing more then a handwritten receipt on plain paper . . . no title and the car was missing the license plates!
As Draginwagen says, mine had "fallen out of the system" and D.M.V. had NO record of the car . . . but it does now! |
Works for states that do not have titles for older cars... Though most will want an old registration...
Notes:
Run the VIN first. I've seen recoveries of cars/cycles stolen in the 60's.
Greater $ = greater cost.
$ - Some states do not have titles for older cars - registration only. If you can produce old registration & BOS from these states your good to go & local DMV.
$ - If original owner, can apply for lost/destroyed titles from registered state.
$$- Bonded title, rebuilt, salvage (read DMV rules)
$$- Specialty company that generate titles for you (via one of the means I've listed). (I've had bad experience this way)
$$$- BOS only, register in state that does not require state inspection (must have VIN inspection from inspection station or state troopers in your state). Must pay state sales tax on DMV BB high value.
Of course you can buy a title & plate from someone or buy a scrap car with title.
Maybe local craigs list add? Post finders fee at metal yard? _________________ Currenlty Corralled:
1952 Crotch Cooler Deluxe (US specs delivered to Stuttgart, Germany GI.)
1955 Early (Competition Motors - Hollywood, California)
1974 Thing (US specs - Mexicanos)
2008 Rabbit S (Wolfsburg DE)
2012 Golf TDI Tech Package (Wolfsburg DE) |
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draginwagen Samba Member
Joined: August 02, 2006 Posts: 1446 Location: Bristol,Tennnessee
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 7:01 pm Post subject: Re: Title for 56 rag top |
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xeno wrote: |
Of course you can buy a title & plate from someone or buy a scrap car with title.
Maybe local craigs list add? Post finders fee at metal yard? |
Wouldn't that be illegal? _________________ 1964 Beetle
1969 Bay Window Camper
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xeno Samba Member
Joined: July 26, 2006 Posts: 653 Location: Mile High
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:31 pm Post subject: Re: Title for 56 rag top |
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draginwagen wrote: |
xeno wrote: |
Of course you can buy a title & plate from someone or buy a scrap car with title.
Maybe local craigs list add? Post finders fee at metal yard? |
Wouldn't that be illegal? |
You can buy titles & VIN all day long. Fixing them to a car, well yea, that is illegal.
ANY tampering with VIN plate or stampings is illegal...But he did not ask about the legality of it?
Not legal:
Pop rivits and below
Only legal rivits:
_________________ Currenlty Corralled:
1952 Crotch Cooler Deluxe (US specs delivered to Stuttgart, Germany GI.)
1955 Early (Competition Motors - Hollywood, California)
1974 Thing (US specs - Mexicanos)
2008 Rabbit S (Wolfsburg DE)
2012 Golf TDI Tech Package (Wolfsburg DE) |
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Nurseben Samba Member
Joined: February 21, 2015 Posts: 1 Location: Utah
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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 2:11 pm Post subject: Re: Title for 56 rag top |
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keepin it stock wrote: |
I'm looking for a title for a 56 rag. I have access to a 56 with a donor 56. I would like to restore the rag top for our son. It would be a shame to have both cars go the way of the butcher, but my buddy doesn't have a title to either car and that's what he's thinking about doing to both cars. Are there any sources in samba land for a title? Anyone sitting on a title? A beat up pan with a title? |
I purchased a 1963 Chevy pick up last year with no title, only bill of sale. You need a lost title form from the DMV (I believe its online) and then call Bountiful PD to come to your house to verify the VIN. Then take that to the DMV in Farmington and wait for your new title to arrive in the mail! |
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BenJAMin Samba Member
Joined: February 01, 2004 Posts: 461 Location: Michigan
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