Cool! Now that's what I'm lookin' for!
I got these 2 Conestogas, see...
And I went down to DMV, see...
And they gave me the run-around, see...
So I had ta do it!
Anyway, back to reality, My Champion (I've recently learned) apparently has a late '56 engine (dealer/factory replacement under warranty?
).
And the previous titled owner (long story to get there...
) filled out the title application with the engine# (off a 56 engine), where the VIN# should be.
So, our wonderful, helpful, curteous, DMV worker, finally, (after I drag the information out of her, thru carefully worded questions, while trying to look non-menacing to the bored Sheriff) tells me that I need a 'peace officer' or other DMV representative, or other DMV 'appointed' representative to 'verify' the actual VIN#
So I loads it up onto a flatbed, see...
and drive around to all the local municipalities, see...
and try to get them to verify that the engine# is what the title has as the a vin#, see and would he please record the actual VIN# so I can register it...
(I knew there was some weird feeling I got when I pulled the 'original' engine out, and plunked in my SB350... so I re-installed the 'original' engine to keep the car 'original')
But they all told be to f*** off!!
Well, not in so many words, but they all deferred to the CHP...
So now I gotta figger out how to get this car to a CHP during the week, without paying to do it... Anyone know if they do housecalls (without taking someone into custody...)?
Then there's my Commander...
I traded a '51 Chevy p/u for it at a junkyard and got a bill of sale from them.
I show up at the DMV window (at the same time as the previous) and get the same 'you gotta get a representative to verify the #'s" story...(this one has no axle, so won't transport so easily).
I think she was done f***ing with me, got bored, and wanted the next guinea pig..
Now for the 3rd.
I ran across a '59 GMC 3/4 ton longbed stepside for $400.
How can you pass that up??
Seems, the 'lady' I bought it from never titled it in her name and now I either...
1) gotta go to the titled owners home (about 10 miles from me) to see if he still lives there, and will sign off on the title and not say I stole it and have me arrested for GTA, or...
2) or send a certified letter to his last know address, and wait for it to be returned by the post office as undeliverable, or have the release of title signed and returned by him (see above)
3) better not go any further....
I'll take even money on if they tell me to get it verified too...
I'm glad I didn't have more cars to register... this week, anyway...
Please keep em coming! I need all the moral support I can get...