No title, what to do?, local teener for sale Options

[megfourfun]

Hi all,

I was just looking for some input. There is a local 914 for sale without title. It's in better condition than what I've been working on, and so I was wondering...

Is it possible to have a new title assigned to the car? Would it then be a salvage title? What problems are related to doing so?

Should I just use it as a parts car?

Thanks in advance for answers.

[JTarver]

Well things may be waaay different in your home state..but that being said..
I'm in Arkansas, and recently got a bonded title on my Alfa spider.
Long story short, the car had been abandoned, and it ended up in my hands from the people who purchased the land it was abandoned on.

From there, I went to the DMV and got the paperwork to file for a lost title.
You fill out a few pages of this, THEY contact the previous owner via VIN number, previous records, etc and try to send them a letter. After some time, they send your paperwork back to get a bond on the car ( incase the old owner shows up to reclaim it or whatever). Meanwhile, I went to the bond agency and got a bonded title (issued at the carths worth, cost me about 100 bucks) and then you take all the above paperwork to the tag office and submit what you have. Make sure your name is spelled out, even middle. They sent mine back because my middle name wasnt spelled out, so the bond office had to fix that for me.
I sent the paperwork off via the tag office, and got my bonded title in the mail about a month later.

Tell the tag office the vehicle is bonded, and it's for title purposes only. That way they know it isnt running, and you don't need ins. on it, or tags per say until it is running.
This is how it worked for me, best of luck on your endeavor.
Joe

[Steve]

Well things may be waaay different in your home state..but that being said..
I'm in Arkansas, and recently got a bonded title on my Alfa spider.
Long story short, the car had been abandoned, and it ended up in my hands from the people who purchased the land it was abandoned on.

From there, I went to the DMV and got the paperwork to file for a lost title.
You fill out a few pages of this, THEY contact the previous owner via VIN number, previous records, etc and try to send them a letter. After some time, they send your paperwork back to get a bond on the car ( incase the old owner shows up to reclaim it or whatever). Meanwhile, I went to the bond agency and got a bonded title (issued at the carths worth, cost me about 100 bucks) and then you take all the above paperwork to the tag office and submit what you have. Make sure your name is spelled out, even middle. They sent mine back because my middle name wasnt spelled out, so the bond office had to fix that for me.
I sent the paperwork off via the tag office, and got my bonded title in the mail about a month later.

Tell the tag office the vehicle is bonded, and it's for title purposes only. That way they know it isnt running, and you don't need ins. on it, or tags per say until it is running.
This is how it worked for me, best of luck on your endeavor.
Joe

Reminds me of a story I read several years ago from either this site or the club site. Some guy in California, either got his teener stolen or towed and then left the country for awhile and then came back and saw his teener for sale. Because he was gone for along time, someone bought it and reregistered it. He made a big stink trying to get it back but couldn't because someone else made a legal claim to it. The car turned into a hot potato. Nobody wanted to keep it or buy it and the original owner didn't want to buy it back. I am curious what the outcome was.....