At 09:08 PM 5/28/98 -0700, Bud Krueger wrote:
> Some of you may recall that I picked up a 77 roadster in early
>April for the princely sum of $500. To make the long story short - its
>legal owner (according the Mass. Registry of Motor Vehicles) has been
>incarcerated in California for the past bunch of years.
Maybe he'd be interested in selling the car for $300?? Worth a shot...
> It seems that the college roommate of the guy selling it to me
>acquired the car by salvaging it from the streets of Boston in '88. The
>car was deserted, but had plates on it. He contacted the owner's family.
>They denied that the owner even had a car. So the roommate wrote (and
>signed) his own bill-of-sale and registered the car. This was before the
>days of computerized VIN data bases. The present RMV computer shows that
>in '85 a 77B with that VIN was issued a title to the guy now a guest of
>California.
Nobody caught the double registration?? Computerized or not, that's weird.
> Fortunately, the guy selling it to me has given me my money back.
Lucky... and if he doesn't wind up in jail for fraud, he's lucky, too!
>Now I have to figure out how to get the car back to him. I guess it's
>going to have another trailer ride.
You're too good to the jerk! Offer him a choice: come get it or don't come
get it. Seems like it's not really your problem to get the car back to him.
He's the one who technically "stole" the car. Let him worry about it.
You've been inconvenienced enough.
....and poor Lazarus.... hopes dashed, in the blink of an eye !
>Now if I can only find a market for
>a new fuel tank and ignition switch....
Return to vendor. :-)
>Think I'll stick to TD's.
All in all you came out pretty well. At least you got your "seed money"
back. And, no kidding, maybe the incarceree would like some cash "for the
rusted hulk" so he can buy smokes.
Is he on death row? He may not need the car anymore anyway.
>Bud Krueger
>52TD (reverting to 'only-child' status)
Condolences....
Carol
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