Also, Regarding car numbers and registration. I recentlt "rescued" a 1972 Mercedes 450 SL
that had no title, no keys and no home. I towed it to the California DMV on a trailer with 4
flat tires and filled in an "abandoned vehicle claim form" $65 later I was given licence
plates and a full title. It even had 10 year expired plates and tags on it from another
state. If you do this, you have to have been "given" the car. If you "buy" it, then the
position of the seller is in question if ther is no title.
Mark Pilkington
Ray Harder wrote:
> nick, great adventure -- been there, done
> that.
>
> regarding your frame/title mismatch.
> *in missouri*, the inspectors don't even
> know about the number stamped into
> the frame. on my vehicle, they were looking
> around the windshield for the vin sticker.
> i pointed to the dash mounted plate; it
> matched the title; and they were happy.
>
> ray harder
>
> btw, i do have a title and dash plate
> that might be useful someday -- 55 and 69.
>
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Nick Eckert wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 17:42:18 -0700
> > From: Nick Eckert <sboarder@gte.net>
> > Reply-To: mendo_recce@fourfold.org
> > To: mendo_Recce@fourfold.org
> > Cc: pcrc@lists.british-steel.org, lro@works.team.net
> > Subject: Nick's New Mexico Adventure
> >
> > The following is a tale of my adventuresome weekend to New Mexico to
> > pick-up the donor vehicle for my 1961 hybrid project.
> >
> > Friday:
> >
> > Left Camp Pendleton at 2:04pm driving a borrowed F-150 with a 16' trailer
> > heading for Santa Fe, New Mexico. Got stuck for two hours on the 91 freeway
> > before getting to the 15. Once I got on the 15 it was smooth cruising.
> > Stopped for dinner (NOTE for Ben: Did NOT eat at Tommy's) in Barstow and
> > filled up the dual tanks. Made Flagstaff, Arizona around 10:30pm filled-up
> > the tanks, Wahoo 14.8 mpg, back on the road. Crossed the Arizona-New
> > Mexico state line at 3am and took a one hour power nap at the first rest
> > area.
> >
> > Saturday:
> >
> > Got up at 4am and hit the road. I had a goal..I wanted to make Santa Fe
> > by 8am. I got into Santa Fe at 8:30, called the guy selling me the Rover
> > and waited for him to meet me. We drove up to his place and spent about an
> > hour loading it onto the trailer. Back on the road about 10am. Stopped
> > for fuel in Albuquerque. $1.245 per gallon, (Why is fuel .40 cents cheaper
> > in NM?),(Ok all the Brits on the list are fuming now that fuel is soooo
> > cheap in the colony). Back on the road. Decide I want to eat dinner in
> > Flagstaff and make that my destination. Don't remember where I stopped for
> > fuel next but my mileage has dropped off to 11.68 mpg. IT IS REALLY KEWL
> > SEEING THE SII GRILL IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR! :-) I make Flagstaff at
> > 6:30 and grab a shower at the Sinclair Little America. I highly recommend
> > them, the nicest showers I have ever had at a truck stop. After the shower
> > I head into Old Town Flagstaff and find an Irish pub and watch Duke stomp
> > Maryland while having a Guinness and a 1 pound steak that was awesome. Back
> > on the road at 9pm and heading West trying to make the California border
> > before stopping for a nap. I didn't quite make the border and settled for
> > a K-Mart parking lot about 40 miles short around 11pm. How white trashy
> > can I get?
> >
> > Sunday:
> >
> > The real adventure begins, California Drivers. I get up around 4am, top
> > off the front fuel tank and hit the road. Cross into California and eat
> > breakfast at Barstow. I get back on the road and suddenly I realize
> > everyone is driving way too fast. As I head down the pass heading towards
> > LA I watch a car pass me then go out of control and over the edge into the
> > abyss. What a mess. F**king California drivers. It's about the same way
> > heading all the way down the I-15. Foggy and people driving at about
> > 90mph. I make it to Camp Pendleton at 11am, off load the rover, return the
> > trailer, than back to futz with the rover.
> >
> > Decide to check the chassis ID# against the title. It's not the same.
> > This is going to be a nightmare to straighten out. Tomorrow I will deal
> > with that. Now to go home and take a nap.
> >
> > What a trip...1700 miles...123 gallons of fuel...6 hours of sleep...3
> > meals...a title for a vehicle I don't have and a vehicle that I don't have a
> > title for.
> >
> > I look on the bright side, according to the New Mexico DMV neither vehicle
> > exist. They have been purged from their records. According to the
> > Washington DMV I can register the vehicle, but I have to wait three years
> > for the title and do a stolen vehicle search for it (NO I AM NOT TELLING YOU
> > THE ID NUMBER ;-)) And I will still be left with a title that maybe I can
> > find a use for down the road...hmmmmmm.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Nick
> > 1972 SIII 'Grommit'
> > 1961 SII Turbo Diesel Coil Hybrid Project 'yet to be named'
> >
> >
> >
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ray Harder
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