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i'm not sure if this post fits this board, but it kinda deals with body and interior. my uncle asked me if i was still looking for body parts for the gfx conversion, cuz there's a third gen camaro rs in some parking lot. he talked to the owner of the building, and the guy said it's been sitting there for years, and he could take it. my uncle said it's in pretty good shape, it's a v6 though. i'm gonna take a look at it tomorrow. i was thinking of taking it, using the parts i need, and selling anything else on ebay. i know i can legally take it since it's abandoned property, but i was just wondering if anyone knows how i would get a title for it so i could junk it when i'm done.
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87 Camaro LT
bone stock 305 w/ 700r4 0-60: 3 minutes
mods to come:
ground effects
93 camaro seats
99 camaro center console
91 z28 rims
white 145mph iroc gauges
Thats tricky stuff. My dads friend was in a similar situation with a truck. The truck was sitting in a complex parking lot for 3 years. Eventually the owner of the lot decided to dump it so he had his buddy, a tow guy grab it . Turns out besides the fact the truck was considered abandoned and had two year old tags it was insured and the owner noticing his truck was gone called the cops turrned his truck in as stolen and got a big fat insurance check even though his vehical was considered by all to be abandoned.
Proper way to do it is to get a storafge lean on the car ($800) and then file for the title.
Ok now story and law obiding time is over
Grab it, rip it, cut it into pieces and then take it to a scrap yard in many trips.
SSC
If it has any decent interior parts in black I wouldn't mind them providing that I only have to pay shipping =)
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Nobody ever got cancer from smoking tires! gibsandwich@hotmail.com Get ICQPage My ICQ
ICQ # 18562788
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1982 Z28 Camaro
305ci LG4, Muncie 4-Speed, Holley Carburettor (CFM Unknown), 2.5" Stainless steel exhaust all the way through.
Fibreglass hood.
Boston 4x6" CX7e 2-ways, 6x9" Nippon America (no-name?) 3-ways
Other stuff I haven't figured out yet.
I've DEALT with something like this before. I was going to buy a car off a guy that he didn't have the title dah dah dah. I WOULD NOT recommend taking the car. I WOULD however take stuff OFF the car late at night. Because if the owner of this car HAS THE TITLE IT IS HIS CAR. If someone sees you taking this car and the owner finds out, You've just committed a fenoly. The car could be sitting there for 10 years but if you don't legally have the title or have gotten a lein, IT'S NOT YOUR CAR. The title IS the car. If it's not in YOUR hands, it's not yours. Even at a wrecking yard. . .If your engine blows and is towed to a wrecking yard, IT'S NOT THEIR CAR. IT'S STILL YOURS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE TITLE. See? Ok, enouph with the crap. . .I would just go over there and take stuff off. Park a couple blocks away and get all you need. It doesn't matter if the car has been there for 50 years. If you don't have the title, DON'T take it. ANY cop or judge will tell you this.
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1984 Firebird SE
1985 Camaro z28 305 engine T-5 Five Speed Tranny, 92 Camaro Leather Seats Console, carpet everything. Soon to put in 700R4 and 427CI. (Hopefully.
To view my car go to:
ALso, even if the car is OFF insurance. . .and he has the title. Yep, still his car. Insurance doesn't give possesion.
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1984 Firebird SE
1985 Camaro z28 305 engine T-5 Five Speed Tranny, 92 Camaro Leather Seats Console, carpet everything. Soon to put in 700R4 and 427CI. (Hopefully.
To view my car go to:
Wait?!!!? You said it was abandoned property? How do you know that? If you take the car (and for all you know the guy could live across the street) and he still has the title he could sue you.
Ok, sorry but this is really bothering me. The only way this could be even halfway legal is if the car didn't have plates and the title was signed off and was somewhere in the car. You might want to check that. Then, the guy MEANT to abandon it. See? You can't just take a car. A car isn't a pair of shoes or a nice leather jacket on the church coat rack that has been left there for months. OK, final thought. . . DON'T JUST TAKE THE CAR. Maybe the guy works at that company, doesn't have a place to store it? What I'm trying to say is, you can't just take a car and make it yours. It's not. Even taking stuff off it wouldn't be right. But I don't blame you, I would too.
Man you guys are going to get this guy thrown in jail for all kinds of stuff. Go to the Court House and talk to the County Clerk's office and see what they say. Unless your name is on the title and/or you have a lien and a dang good reason you'd better not touch the car. Ever heard of receiving stolen property,theft, and even grand theft auto?
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by jobryan26: Man you guys are going to get this guy thrown in jail for all kinds of stuff. Go to the Court House and talk to the County Clerk's office and see what they say. Unless your name is on the title and/or you have a lien and a dang good reason you'd better not touch the car. Ever heard of receiving stolen property,theft, and even grand theft auto?
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THANK YOU!!! Nice car by the way. Here is what I was trying to tell you all along. If you don't have the title it's like you're breaking to Jobryan's awesome car and taking stuff off his. You have no right to. It's not yours.
Don't you dare take any parts off of my car!!!
I was abducted by aliens at that lot a few years back and I just got back to earth, so now I am going to go and pick her up.
Thanks for keeping an eye on my baby.
lol @ zepher. here's the deal, the car is in a laundromat parking lot. my uncle saw the car so he talked to the owner of the laundromat. the owner said that the car has been there for a few years with no one claiming it. now since whoever owns the car just left it there for a few years, that's long enough to consider it abandoned property. i took business law at school, and the teacher, who was a lawyer, went over an example exactly like this. since it's been sitting there for years, the owner is considered to have no intention of claiming title to it, or having discarded it. now whoever legally finds abandoned property gains legal title to it over anyone, including the original owner. i am going to call the law office of my old teacher, and ask her what advice she has on the situation. i'm probably just gonna bring my fathers truck down there and take all the gfx, any good interior parts, and maybe the rims if they're any good.
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87 Camaro LT
bone stock 305 w/ 700r4 0-60: 3 minutes
mods to come:
ground effects
93 camaro seats
99 camaro center console
91 z28 rims
white 145mph iroc gauges
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by 1984Firebird502: ALso, even if the car is OFF insurance. . .and he has the title. Yep, still his car. Insurance doesn't give possesion.
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Could you maybe size down that huge sig picture please?
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'82 Z28
LG4 305 .030 over, performer intake, holley street avenger 670, xe 256 cam, tes headers, 3 inch single exhaust, spintech muffler, 14 x 3 inch drop base k&n.
Have you been to the DMV to ask them? Bring the VIN# to see who the last owner was. Is VIN# redundant? OK, Bring the VIN. You may have to schmooze a little.
Ask them about abandoned property and salvage rights in your state. Most likely, the owner of the laudromat will be the one who can file for a new title in his name, then you could buy it from him.
I was going to buy a car with out at title for $700 but it is not worth it. DMV won't tell you a damned thing. They would not give me any info on the last owner of the car.
If you get it and you don't need these, let me know, I want em:
armrests (if in good shape)
dash panels above feet (driver's side and passenger side)
If it has t-tops, I need the plastic piece that goes over the back seat. I need all these for a black interior on my 89 IROC. Will the dash panel things fit an 89 IROC? Thanks.
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New owner of:
1989 Camaro IROC-Z
5.7L TPI
Ravin' Exhaust
K&N's My 1989 Camaro IROC-Z
When My friends parents moved to canada they left one of there cars and dindt care about it a 93 Cutlass international i think and the only thing that was wrogn with the car was it needed a new battery they left it with the keys in the ignition Well i went to the dmv and tried to get it transferd into my name and they said the only way i could do it is if the owenr of the car was there with me since i didnt have a pinkslip on it. I neer ended up gettint he car it woulda been nice to screw around in.
If you really need parts find a friend who isnt to bright and needs a fast buck and give him 20 bucks and the tools he needs and have him get the parts for you so that way he gets introuble and not you
Taking anything off the car is theft. Abandoned or not. The property owner should report it to the police and let them tow it away. What if the car was stolen from a member and has been sitting there for years. Wouldn't you feel like a jerk taking parts off their car? I hope so.
I agree, leave the car alone unless you can claim posession somehow LEAGALLY. Just think, every time you look at your car after you put those ground effects on, you will think, gee I stole those off that car, that was not mine.
I would not do it just because it is not right, no buts about it. If you can figure out a way to get a legal title to it its all yours.
I know that here in MI you can have the car impunded and then try to buy the car from the city/county or state whoever impounded it. Then it is leagally yours.
I bought a car off a junkyard that was attached to the city impound I got a clean title & everything.
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by 1984Firebird502: THANK YOU!!! Nice car by the way. Here is what I was trying to tell you all along. If you don't have the title it's like you're breaking to Jobryan's awesome car and taking stuff off his. You have no right to. It's not yours.
I'm not saying that the illegal way isn't an option, but the legal way might not be too big of a hassle. Find out what happens to abandoned cars towed by the police in that town. They might take it to an impound yard if the car isn't considered abandoned yet, where it most likely will sit until the owner claims it or enough time passes that it is considered abandoned. At that point you can get access to it. Another possibility is that they have a junkyard that is contracted to take abandoned cars for them. Do your research first, it might not be as big of a hassle as it seems. Don't leave your name either because they'll be looking at you if the car disappears. If you decide to strip it where it is, bring a really good cordless drill with sockets and a socket drive bit.
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90 IROC convertible, dead stock 305TPI and TH700R4
79 Malibu, 350, ZZ3 cam, Vortec heads, Performer RPM manifold Th200r4, GN rear, real sleeper(excuse for not doing any body work)
ok, here's what happened. He got stopped by the cops, and probably arrested because he didn't have insurance and smelled like whiskey. Turns out there was a warrent for his arrest because he beat the crap out of somebody who made fun of his V6. He's getting out of jail tonight, and going to pick up his car, and you happen to be hooking a chain to it. Or the distributor cracked, and the poor bastid didnt' have enough money to tow it, or the sense to work on the car at night. Either way, leave the car where it is, and strip it like JJ the porn star.
Or....here's an idea. Find out who owns it, and offer then 200 large for it and make five times that with the ebay idea. Your local po po might run the plate for you if it's abandon
Around here (Oklahoma), even the property owner cannot take the car or parts off of it because it belongs to someone else, & if they are deceased, then it belongs to their estate. Now, the property owner can call the police, but the easiest for the property owner is to call a wrecker himself & have it towed. The real owner of the car is responsible for tow bill, & if it is not picked up, the wrecker goes through a notification process (posted in newspaper/public), & they can then offer the car up for auction.
this guy isn't in a grocery store or Mcdonalds and going to walk out surprised when the car is ripped up, he's left it there for months.... Consider his parts an idiot tax.
lol that's right, me walking out and finding no rims or stereo in my car, is completely different. i did take a look at the car, but haven't touched it. the pavement surrounding the car is covered with years worth of nasty wet leaves compacted into a black slop. the pavement has probably sunk a couple inches from the car sitting there for so long. all the glass is so dirty you can't even see through it, and the hood is all mangled. it's obvious that the car has been sitting there for a long time, and whoever is the owner doesn't care for the car. i'm going to go talk to the owner of the dry cleaners where the car is. i'll see if he knows who's car it is, if he's ever talked to the police about it, etc.
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87 Camaro LT
bone stock 305 w/ 700r4 0-60: 3 minutes
mods to come:
ground effects
93 camaro seats
99 camaro center console
91 z28 rims
white 145mph iroc gauges
No need to talk to the DMV/DOT to find out who previously owned it... just carefully jimmy the door, and look in the glove compartment: probably has old registration/insurance papers (no doubt expired).
