Hello, Many years ago, due to financial reasons, I sold my cherished 68 vette. Now I am at a point in life where I want to find it and see if can be repurchased so I can pass it along to my son. I have the VIN but that is all. I have tried several VIN search sites to no avail….It was sold in Virginia but no idea where it could be (if anywhere)

Any ideas?

You need a friend in law enforcement or at a vehicle loan company that can look up the VIN.  Otherwise, there is the registry on here or maybe another forum.

So as not to get your hopes up, I hafta tell you right up front, I have no knowledge about the history or whereabouts of your '68 Corvette. Sorry....

The only reason I'm replying to your post is to commiserate and tell you, my story is nearly identical to yours. Sold our 1968 Corvette in 1969 - couldn't afford the $73/month payments after my wife left her job to have our son. (Yup, I still have some of the related paperwork.)

So, now, in retirement I've been looking for my '68, too. I posted a request in the C3 registry a few years ago (no replies), and have also placed an ad in almost every issue of the NCRS "Driveline", a bi-monthly ad magazine for Corvette enthusiasts, for a little over 12 years now. Not to discourage you, but the only hit I ever got from the Driveline was someone curious about why I sold the car only a year after buying it. His reply, to my ad!!! - I don't mind saying - it got me excited, until I read why he wrote to me. Hence my opening sentence to you.

I've also written to NCRS chapter leaders in the region where I sold the car - Dayton, Cincinnati, Indianapolis - most replies have been sympathetic but none yielded any useful information.

My only suggestion is to visit a DMV office in the state where you sold it, find out what records are available, and follow whatever threads you can uncover. I live in upstate New York, sold the car 56 years ago in Ohio, to a dealer in neighboring Indiana. To say my trail had gone cold is a gross understatement. Trying to find any threads from a nameless, faceless bureaucracy 600 miles away has been too much for me. 

Let this message be a cautionary note for everyone reading it - if you like your Corvette, hang onto it if you can or you may someday regret letting it go .