Post Your Craigslist Finds Part 2

[Greasey Harley]

69 k20 c20 Chevy truck project - $2,800

[Caddylackn]

Originally Posted by Greasey Harley

69 k20 c20 Chevy truck project - $2,800

I saw that one too and that is within range to pick up .

Again, no title. Around here (WA state) with no title if the VIN comes back clean you can go to DOL and register it for three years without a title. Then you can can file a bond with DOL for a three-year period and get a bonded title. After three years you can file a petition in court for an order awarding you legal ownership of the vehicle.

They will let you register it and drive it in that period.

The vehicle has to be worth it for all this work and wait. At any time if the ownership is questioned or claimed by somebody else with a paper trail proof, you could lose it.

So do you restore it now? or wait three years?

This vehicle is probably worth it, but I would just get it as a driver for three years.

[Carl Spangler]

Originally Posted by Caddylackn

I saw that one too and that is within range to pick up .

Again, no title. Around here (WA state) with no title if the VIN comes back clean you can go to DOL and register it for three years without a title. Then you can can file a bond with DOL for a three-year period and get a bonded title. After three years you can file a petition in court for an order awarding you legal ownership of the vehicle.

They will let you register it and drive it in that period.

The vehicle has to be worth it for all this work and wait. At any time if the ownership is questioned or claimed by somebody else with a paper trail proof, you could lose it.

So do you restore it now? or wait three years?

This vehicle is probably worth it, but I would just get it as a driver for three years.

How on earth does a vehicle like this not have a title? IMO, there’s got to be some sketchy history to it.

[Caddylackn]

Originally Posted by Carl Spangler

How on earth does a vehicle like this not have a title? IMO, there’s got to be some sketchy history to it.

Originally Posted by Carl Spangler

How on earth does a vehicle like this not have a title? IMO, there’s got to be some sketchy history to it.

There are some legit reasons for no title.

1. The owner selling the truck lost the title, but it is still in his name on the registration. (best case scenario)

2.Well, it could be that the kids cleaning up old pops place after he died can't find the title. Who know where pops hid the titles? (you could find the executor of his estate and get them to give you a bill of sale for the truck). I think you could get a title transfer with this at the DOL.

3. Or the truck could be from your neighbor or stranger for sale by his widow or kids, and the old guy got sick soon after getting the truck and never transfered the title. (well now the vehicle is still registered to the previous, previous owner and that could be a problem if he/she wants it back if they think its worth something)

What happens when the DOL do a search for a title after you pay for it, they find the previous previous owner. Then this clown if he is dishonest, now figures its worth something and wants it back. The previous previous owner can prove legal ownership pretty easily unless you can find a bill of sale from the previous previous owner to the deceased previous owner. (This is a worse case scenario.)

4. In this state the records only go back 15 years or so, so if this truck sold more than 15 years ago and the owner lost the title and hasn't registered it in 15 years, there would be no way for the DOL to find out the previous owner who held the title. Just register it for three years, buy the bond, wait three years and petition for the title.

and of course the non legit reason:

5. The truck could be stolen or abandoned or assembled from questionable parts without titles.