From: "Alan Dahl" <alandahl@mac.com>
> I'm trying to find a place that can research and find the current owner
> of a pre-1980 car. Carfax and Auto Check only work with 17-digit VINs
> and thus won't work with older cars with different VIN styles (the one
> I am looking for is 11 characters). Any suggestions? I checked with the
> Washington state DMV and it's not in their database (unfortunately they
> purge records of cars that move out of state or are unlicensed for
> several years) so I figured I'd try other sources. Odds are the car is
> long gone but you never know.
I tried to trace my Lotus years ago. A netter in Hawaii went to the DMV to
inquire for me. They told him to go fly a kite. They don't release
information due to privacy laws.
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1962 TR4 CT2846L
pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/ http://www.lotusowners.com
"Drifting is the synchronized swimming of auto competitions." -Gene Bennett
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