Isn't there a way to take legal possesion of the car? Obviously the current
"owner" doesn't have legal possesion either! It would be ashame to have
this car rot away.....
Safety Fast!!
Ross Overcash, 74B, NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer, MA
http://www.tiac.net/users/jroverca/index.htm
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of JMerz140@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 1998 10:27 PM
> To: bkrueger@ici.net; mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Bye Bye 77B
>
>
> In a message dated 98-05-28 21:05:47 EDT, bkrueger@ici.net writes:
>
> << 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.
> 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.
> Fortunately, the guy selling it to me has given me my money back.
> Now I have to figure out how to get the car back to him. I guess it's
> going to have another trailer ride. Now if I can only find a market for
> a new fuel tank and ignition switch....
> Think I'll stick to TD's. >>
>
> Bud,
> Sorry to read of your misfortune. I guess there's a lesson for
> us all there
> although I don't know how you'd be able to check such things out
> in advance of
> taking possession of the car.
> I think in view of the circumstances and since you have your
> money refunded,
> the seller should share your expenses and retrieve the car himself. Jim
>
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