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Wow! I thought for a moment someone had snuck onto my property and took pictures! :wink: Actually, I have one much like that, only not nearly as complete. Consequently, I'd be willing to let it go for significantly less....
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"I have a dream....."
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Careful inspection of the photos and answers.......and the bid (currently $500), I would think somebody is smoking something illegal.
Bets are not one panel is salvageable, frame is most likely so bad when you try to winch it onto a trailer it will come apart in the middle....motor most likely permanently stuck, with no cover, water in trans and gears eaten up, not to mention freeze crack of the case (and yes, I have seen that).
And no title.
I wouldn't touch a no-title car with a 10-foot pole in that condidtion.
Drop 30K into it and suddenly the original owner shows up to claim it.
Bets are not one panel is salvageable, frame is most likely so bad when you try to winch it onto a trailer it will come apart in the middle....motor most likely permanently stuck, with no cover, water in trans and gears eaten up, not to mention freeze crack of the case (and yes, I have seen that).
And no title.
I wouldn't touch a no-title car with a 10-foot pole in that condidtion.
Drop 30K into it and suddenly the original owner shows up to claim it.
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TR3driver said:
That was on team.net. But on BCF, the father & son that sewed their own seat cover replicated the original wooded dash support ISTR. I just can't remember the name of the father & son to put the two parties in contact and help out the guy on the list.
getting closer - The Landrums, Robert & Craig
No them at all. it was Frank. Here's the thread https://www.britishcarforum.com/bcforum/u...of_T#Post582384
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Here, cradle to grave.
You cannot even SCRAP one without a title.
Guy across the street had two 1956 Cadillacs, no title, just sat and rotted.
Law had changed 10 years before he decided to get rid of them.
It cost him $300 PER CAR to have the State Patrol come out, inspect, he had to go through the 3 registered letters to last know owner bit, present them, 6 months later the Staters came out and tagged the car with a new registration number and then he had to PAY someone to haul them to scrap.
Even when they re-tag it with new registration, I forget how many years it is until you can be approached by the PO and have to go through all that and end up giving the car back.
Happens, usually after a 30K restoration, or more, and you have no recourse.
And this car is in Illinois:
The Illinois Vehicle Code requires that all owners of vehicles in this state which have no Illinois Certificate of Title shall apply to the Secretary of State. Exceptions to this provision are vehicles:
Owned by the State of Illinois;
Owned by the United States and not registered in this state;
Owned by a manufacturer or dealer and held for sale, even though incidentally moved on the highway or used for purposes of testing or demonstration;
Owned by a non-resident of this state and not required by law to be registered in this state;
Regularly used in the interstate transportation of persons or property and for which currently effective certificates of title have been issued in another state;
Moved solely by animal power;
Operated as implements of husbandry; and
Operated as special mobile equipment.
Manybe that one falls under the "moved solely by animal power" exception?
You cannot even SCRAP one without a title.
Guy across the street had two 1956 Cadillacs, no title, just sat and rotted.
Law had changed 10 years before he decided to get rid of them.
It cost him $300 PER CAR to have the State Patrol come out, inspect, he had to go through the 3 registered letters to last know owner bit, present them, 6 months later the Staters came out and tagged the car with a new registration number and then he had to PAY someone to haul them to scrap.
Even when they re-tag it with new registration, I forget how many years it is until you can be approached by the PO and have to go through all that and end up giving the car back.
Happens, usually after a 30K restoration, or more, and you have no recourse.
And this car is in Illinois:
The Illinois Vehicle Code requires that all owners of vehicles in this state which have no Illinois Certificate of Title shall apply to the Secretary of State. Exceptions to this provision are vehicles:
Owned by the State of Illinois;
Owned by the United States and not registered in this state;
Owned by a manufacturer or dealer and held for sale, even though incidentally moved on the highway or used for purposes of testing or demonstration;
Owned by a non-resident of this state and not required by law to be registered in this state;
Regularly used in the interstate transportation of persons or property and for which currently effective certificates of title have been issued in another state;
Moved solely by animal power;
Operated as implements of husbandry; and
Operated as special mobile equipment.
Manybe that one falls under the "moved solely by animal power" exception?
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Wow! Usually CA leads in being a PITA; but they wrote me a new title for my 'project' TR3 with a lot less hassle than that. Never did even look at my bill of sale from the previous owner.
And scrapping a car without a title is pretty easy here too. We couldn't get a clear title to the late wife's Dodge Caravan (loan company had evaporated without ever clearing the title), so I just drove it to the junkyard and signed a "quit claim" to them. They even gave me a trifling amount of money for it.
With no title on record, rather than go through all that BS, I'd just dump them on the side of the road.
Or put them on eBay
If it's not drivable, is it still a "vehicle" ? Seems to me that, both legally and reasonably, at some point it degrades to a pile of rusty parts, no longer a "vehicle" ...
And scrapping a car without a title is pretty easy here too. We couldn't get a clear title to the late wife's Dodge Caravan (loan company had evaporated without ever clearing the title), so I just drove it to the junkyard and signed a "quit claim" to them. They even gave me a trifling amount of money for it.
With no title on record, rather than go through all that BS, I'd just dump them on the side of the road.
Or put them on eBay
If it's not drivable, is it still a "vehicle" ? Seems to me that, both legally and reasonably, at some point it degrades to a pile of rusty parts, no longer a "vehicle" ...
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I bought a 1951 Ford Tudor many years ago, no title, trees through the floor and out the windows....for parts and bits.
Twenty bucks.
When I got done, I used my cutting torch, and made 18" squares out of it, dropped it at the metal recyclers.
Now, in California, last time I was there, you get caught with an out-of-date registration, they could confiscate your car, as it was not legally on the road.
Twenty bucks.
When I got done, I used my cutting torch, and made 18" squares out of it, dropped it at the metal recyclers.
Now, in California, last time I was there, you get caught with an out-of-date registration, they could confiscate your car, as it was not legally on the road.
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I think Mother Nature already owns the car 
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That's true, IF the car is on the road (as opposed to on a trailer) and the registration is more than 1 year out of date. But I believe that is true of many states; I even had a car confiscated once in IN for no registration.TOC said:
Many areas also have local ordinances against unregistered cars being stored "in view"; but again I don't think that is unique to the PRC.
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Round here you get a ticket for expired tags.
Not sure if I ever heard of one being towed...unless you were DWI, or suspended.
And, you're allowed 6 cars on the property, and recent change was they don't have to be currently licensed.
Not sure if I ever heard of one being towed...unless you were DWI, or suspended.
And, you're allowed 6 cars on the property, and recent change was they don't have to be currently licensed.
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IF someone buys and restores that TR, I sure hope it's carefully documented. I've seen similar cars restored. About 10 years ago a local guy somehow found a rotted TR-6 that he'd purchased new, back in '75. It was a TOTAL basket case.
He had it totally, professionally restored (Joe Hash Triumph, Ltd., in Grottoes, VA). Cost over $30,000.
Anything is possible, if you've got the $$$$$$$$ :lol:
He had it totally, professionally restored (Joe Hash Triumph, Ltd., in Grottoes, VA). Cost over $30,000.
Anything is possible, if you've got the $$$$$$$$ :lol: