[Vintage Windmills]

Originally Posted by 68 IRON

If I'm reading this right,..... This could be a long term scam. Sell a truck (cab, fenders, bed and frame) and the truck is reported stolen (using the frame #'s and vin #'s to identify) prior to sale. With it sold to a local to a guy who is gonna fix it up, puts a lot of money and time into it. Later when it looks complete, the seller shows up with title of frame and says you have it....and takes it all? Is this as far fetched as it sounds....? He showed up because your truck looked like his? Hell mine looks like yours and the rest of the board her too! This guy new something before this all went down in my opinion. If thats his frame...give it to him, but not the other stuff.

That could be prevented if you get a signed bill of sale for any parts you buy with a VIN on them. I think I will start doing that from now on. Verify the signature on the bill of sale matches the one on his drivers license. You could even go so far as to have an officer run the vin the day of purchase to know it wasn't previously reported. This way, if the seller reported it stolen later, you have a dated signed document saying it was sold prior to that and he would be busted for fraud.