need help in registering my car!

rikiwho123

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• Apr 20, 2011

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hello one and all i need help i bought my car from a web site in calif 10 years ago and i'm in new jersey ; well the title was only rubber stamped with the name (BRITISH CARS ONLY .COM) and n.j. dmv wants more information then that and won't let me register untill it is completely filled out; so if anyone has a junked 70s spitfire and wants to just sell the old title let me know thanks for reading this rick.

 

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tdskip

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• Apr 20, 2011

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Assuming that seller is out of business? We generally don't do illegal things here.

 

SkinnedKnuckles

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• Apr 20, 2011

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Generally?

 

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GilsTR

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• Apr 20, 2011

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I do NOT know anything about this ad...but looks like someone that may be a possibility....? Gil NoCal https://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/pts/2332017306.html

 

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• Apr 20, 2011

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tdskip said:

Assuming that seller is out of business? We generally don't do illegal things here.

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At least we do it under the Boss's radar!

 

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tdskip

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• Apr 20, 2011

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SkinnedKnuckles said:

Generally?

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I've spent a lot of time in England recently, their tendency for understatement as a manner of speech has rubbed off. Grin.

 

HerronScott

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• Apr 20, 2011

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rikiwho123 said:

hello one and all i need help i bought my car from a web site in calif 10 years ago and i'm in new jersey ; well the title was only rubber stamped with the name (BRITISH CARS ONLY .COM) and n.j. dmv wants more information then that and won't let me register untill it is completely filled out; so if anyone has a junked 70s spitfire and wants to just sell the old title let me know thanks for reading this rick.

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What information is missing and did they sign the title over to you?

Scott

 

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TFB

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• Apr 20, 2011

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Wayne,I live in nj and have been down this road before.The fact you have a title is good.I would try to get a notarized bill of sale and return to mv with a number tracung ,that should match title number,probably your bulkhead plate.
If they tell you that you must go to Trenton,ask for the office and phone number so you can call to make sure you have all required.When I did that the Trenton guy called local office and told him to issue title.
Option two is a title service.They operate in the legal gray area,and Mv may balk at an Alabama title,but can be done.They advertise in Hemmings etc.
option three is lost title.You have to run add in local paper for certain number of days and get inspected,I think by state trooper.I have never done this.
Donor title would be my last option for obvious reasons.
You would think they would be happy to collect your declared value taxes,and recently raised transfer and reg. fees.
Good Luck
tom

 

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rikiwho123

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• Apr 20, 2011

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thanks everyone ;scott the only info on the title was the rubber stamping of british cars only.com wich is enough to register the car in calif. but n.j. they want more so i'm going to call an agency in calif. that trace down out of buss. co. and see if they can give me the info. needed to fill out the title. thanks all rick.

 

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Bob_TR6

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• Apr 20, 2011

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Google says:

https://www.losangelescountybusinesses.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile&id=55903

Worth a call, maybe?

 

ArcticOne

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• Apr 20, 2011

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Does this help, or have you seen it already:

British Cars Only
6318 Sepulveda Blvd.
Van Nuys
Tel: 818 786-9041
Fax: 818 786-9049
Contact: Dave <sales@britishcarsonly.com>

 

HerronScott

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• Apr 20, 2011

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Wasn't there a thread about this place recently? I seem to recall finding this info but the website is down now so they are probably no longer in business.

Scott

 

mrv8q

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• Apr 20, 2011

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Doing a further Google search shows the company is out of business. Pity, because it's only a few miles from my workplace..... Sorry, no help there!

 

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rikiwho123

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• Apr 21, 2011

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THATS THE PLACE OMG THANKS i kept trying to search them and got nothing ;with his full name i can now proceed and fill in the missing name ;this place is the BEST THANK YOU ALL RICK.

 

glemon

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• Apr 21, 2011

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I recently went through the same thing getting the title for my TR250, but it sounds like the laws in Nebraska are different enough from Jersey that my experience would not be much help, I ended up having to get a bonded title.

I tried my best to be patient and pleasant to the DMV staff I dealt with, figuing if there were any boderline or judgment calls involved I wanted the benefit of the doubt. Small thing, but can't hurt and might help.

 

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sp53

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• Apr 22, 2011

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In Washington you only need the last registered owner and if he or she does not show up and claim the vehicle after X time they give you a title. Here, if you have the plate number you can get the address. Basically, you have to send two certified letters to the last known address of the register owner and if they come back to you unopened from the post office you start the title process. I once almost hijacked a tr3 from a repair shop because the guy left it there and I knew the law. The shop could not sell it. He could have placed a repair lean, but I was not sure what he was up to and I am not sure he was either. I did not follow through because of the possible bad feelings from the shop, and I found out the guy was actually in prison. It was a very clean and all original 58 with wedge curtains and the two Dzus trunk locks. It had gotten so far; I could have sent a wrecker and towed it to my house. It was sitting outside a repair shop for some time in the rain.
steve

 

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• Apr 22, 2011

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It's a little bit more involved than that, unless it has recently changed. Was three registered letters, returned unopened (reason I knew that, is I got three letters from a friend to a previous owner of my house!), State Patrol has to come out, insure the VIN is what is on their records, THEN you get a new VIN, attached and stamped into your sheet metal, and I cannot remember if it's 6 months or one year "appeal" window where you can't sell it.
Gives that guy in jail time to get out and appeal the process, I guess.

Had a guy across the street have to do that on a pair of 56 Caddys, just so he could scrap them. Cost him $300 per car, just so the scrappers would haul them away.

I won't tell you about the two Big Healeys laying in the back yard.....right where they were when I moved here 35+ years ago.....

 

frankenstang57

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• Apr 22, 2011

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I've done both, bonding and title service. I used the title service because it was faster and easier. I sent them around $250 and 3 weeks later a set Maine tags in my name showed up. When I went to have a VIN verification at a local car dealer (since the car now technically came for out of state) the lady says, "Triumph, who makes that?" Bonding would have been less than $100 but requires a whole lot of legwork.