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Originally Posted by whunter (Post 3184715)

My best guess:
It is a Grey market import body that has been altered to diesel.

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But it has US bumpers, US lights, 2nd-gen climate control, bundts, etc., etc., leading me to believe that it is a VIN swap. The sunroof looks manual, but there is still a button for the power sunroof, so I believe that the manual sunroof was retrofitted -- another mark against it being a euro.

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Originally Posted by JB3 (Post 3185042)

this is why one of the perks of no title on old car states is if you don't have a title anyway, they can't make it a salvage.

my van has been paid out on a couple times at this point from little traffic fender benders. The only record of it being totaled is in my filing cabinet, the stub from each check.

Is that why you moved RI lol? What year is the cut off for no title on old car buying and selling? Are you issued a title upon registering it? If not, how do you scrap it w/o a title?

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Originally Posted by funola (Post 3185349)

Is that why you moved RI lol? What year is the cut off for no title on old car buying and selling? Are you issued a title upon registering it? If not, how do you scrap it w/o a title?

part of the reason. :D

10 years they stop issuing you a title. If you bring something from out of state and register it, they will probably give you back the title, but its not necessary for selling the car in state, bill of sale only. They used to take the titles if the car was old though. Ive had it happen both ways. I think VT or NH have similar local laws regarding age

However, I haven't scrapped a car without a title here. There are places to take it, but I usually just put it on craigslist for 25 bucks or something and instantly a no title vehicle is taken by a shady character. They might cut them up somewhere else or something, not sure

around here, a title is not required to scrap a car, but the vin is recorded, and checked against the stolen vehicle list before they let you drop it off.

GA also requires no title for cars over 10 years old. official bill of sale only.

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Originally Posted by Skippy (Post 3185287)

I live in Nevada. Arizona may be different. I used to work at a junkyard, and selling any car to a dismantler results in the car being issued a salvage title. In Nevada, a car can't be registered for road use with a salvage title, however a salvage title can be converted to a rebuilt title with completion of a safety inspection by a licensed garage ($25 if you know where to go) and an application for rebuilt title. This is how I picked up my '71 250, which was driven to the junkyard, sold to it, and then bought by me and driven home. "Rebuilding" consisted of me fixing a minor electrical problem with the lights.

I also traded my clean title for my '83 for $2200 in insurance money after it was rearended. The car was repaired and repainted at a cost of 4 grand and some change, and I'm still driving it. After two months, I haven't gotten anything from Nevada DMV. I might start a new thread on that.

I'd heard of salvage titles, but not a 'dismantle' title. Was wondering if it meant the same thing, or would it only allow the vehicle to be parted out and scrapped. The car in question was a '59 Hillman Minx Deluxe, with some damage to the left rear corner but no rust. Looked like it could have been straigtened fairly easily - at least enough to pass inspection and make it a driver.
But the 'dismantle' title scared me.

Here in quaint, historic, colonial Virginia, it's titles for life! Woe betide the poor sucker that has a title with anything irregular.

When I finally registered my Euro TD, I mentioned nothing about the seller fixing his title, or anything else. Still wonder what on the computer-screen held the DMV clerk's attention for so long!

Happy Motoring, Mark

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Originally Posted by JB3 (Post 3185352)

That's cool with RI DMV, much cooler than CT and NY. I remember many years ago I had a NYC address and VT plates on my regi. All I had to do was send VT DMV a check with regi info (name address, VIN) and they sent me a regi and plates to my NY address. No insurance required back then in VT

I wonder when they stopped that? I'm sure they don't do that anymore. Ah the good old days. Lol