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> How to find the original dealer, or any history for my car
turk22
post Jan 2 2013, 10:01 PM
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All,

I've been doing a lot of searching in old threads (honest Andy!). But I'm not finding any details. I'm looking to find some history of my car. I believe it was a Palm Springs car for most of its life, and I emailed a couple current dealers in the area, asking if they had any records for the VIN number... but no luck

I was hoping there was a way to trace back to which dealer originally sold the car, or possibly find some history or records for the car. (When I bought the car, there was no maintenance book, and the history story was not able to be verified).
I have the original Cali Blue Plates, but not sure if they provide any value to getting some history for the car.

Do any of you Cali guys have any tricks to find some history via the VIN or Blue Plate?

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post Jan 3 2013, 05:51 PM
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Thanks Guys, I've been thinking of getting a COA, so I may pull the trigger on that.

This was the story that came with the car:
"The story is I purchased the porsche from a contractor that in part took the porsche in trade for tile work on a residential job in Palm Springs California. The resident in Palm Springs was a women that purchased the porsche new and remained the original owner until the trade for tile work in 05. I had her name and address but included it with the sale to Fabien. I do know that the porsche was serviced in Palm Springs but have no history the contractor could not find any of it"

I've contacted a couple of Dealers in the Palm Springs area, and got a response from one, that they had no records of the car. I don't know how long the car was un-registered in Cali, but I think it was for quite a while. It appears that it would have only been titled to 3 owners, but possibly one registered to the first two.

I'll keep digging.
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