Joel Adams
C3VR Lifetime Member #56
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"Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comforting to cry in a CORVETTE than in a Kia"
good luck on trying to track down previous owners / registration.
Let me tell you about my efforts. We have a '77 C-3 which we bought in November of 2007. We have some friends who own a Harley dealership in Southeastern Missouri, and they got this car as a trade in on a new Harley. So, we bought the car and were given the title from the previous owner, another a S.E. Mo. resident. Called & talked to him, not much to say but he did tell me where he had bought it. Contacted that used car dealership, in Cape Girardeau Mo, who said he had bought the car in Arkansas. Called Arkansas motor vehicle registration dept, and was told that they could not / would not release any info because a few years ago the Federal Gov't had imposed a secrecy / privacy act. He hinted that the car came from Texas but that was all he would reveal. He did say that a auto dealership could obtain this info, as they have a ID number which allows them access. Have been stymied since then. Now, let me tell you another story: In 1993 I drove to S.E. Kentucky and bought a 1931 Ford coupe, brought the car home with a Kentucky title, contacted Ky motor vehicle registration, and received a copy of the last title from North Dakota. I called North Dakota motor vehicle, and was sent a copy of their origional 1948 title. On an off chance, I called the telephone information, and got a # for the owner in N.D. I called and he was home! we chatted for 1/2 hour and he told me how he got out of WW 2, got a GI loan, started a body repair shop, found this car in a junk yard, and towed it home. He & his son worked on the car in spare time, put a transplant 1939 Ford V-8 (60 hp) engine, '34 tranny, front seats out of a Waco airplane, '50 Buick tail lights, and painted it Caddilac anniversary gold. He said the only time he ever took the car out was on weekends, if not raining, except when he drove his daughter to her wedding. So, the effort to research previous owners is worth the effort. Yes, I still have the car, it's nickname is "moneypit" good luck , Cary
Joel Adams
C3VR Lifetime Member #56
My Link
(click for Texas-sized view!) NCRS
"Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comforting to cry in a CORVETTE than in a Kia"