lost titles and other ramblings

[Los_Control]

Snow is just about ready to melt away in a few days, time to get back on some projects.

One project am working on, helping my uncle get rid of the cruft in his yard, making a county inspector happy, and also my uncles children.

I did make a post awhile back about losing this truck that I call flower pot 1952 b1b. As it turns out, the guy never did show up and I now have the truck stored over at Grandma's property until I decide what will do with it. Am leaning to just parting it out at this point. It has no title or paperwork, been sitting for 25 years. It does have a really good rust free cab and doors and complete 218..

I have never filed for a lost title before, not sure what I will be up against.

Now there is another bronco II that I need to deal with, I put it on craigs list for free a couple times, no title just come get it. A million people want it but never follow through to pick it up.

The story on it, the bronco was living at a apartment complex and the owner moved out, pushed the bronco across the street and abandoned it.

The police put a sticker on it, move it in 48 hours or it will be towed, my uncle found out and he picked it up. *sigh*

This saved the owner a tow bill, chances are the person bought it, never put it in his name, when it broke down just pushed it across the street.

So the person who sold it would get the tow bill. I think if I contacted this person, they would gladly give up the title. 

We started the bronco and it runs but has a bad main or rod bearing.

Knowing that rangers are good candidates for rear ends and transmissions and the bronco is built off the ranger platform .... should I even consider putting the b1b and the bronco together?

A 4x4 with a flattie?

 

Or am I just suffering from cabin fever, and need to get the bronco back on craigs list after the snow melts?

 

 

[JBNeal]

If there is a lien on the bronco's title, then I suggest ya not spend one dime on that truck...I have a friend with a 2002 Saturn that she should have sold years ago, but she took out a personal loan with that clunker as collateral then defaulted, and thanks to her inability to listen to my advice after she got into a fender bender, the collection agency is still leaning on her instead of settling with the insurance company... now she has a car that she cannot sell and it is too expensive to fix...and since she is the legal title owner of record, she is ultimately responsible for that car, so abandoning in the bad part of Dallas or "giving" it to a coworker who can spirit it south of the border can somehow come back to bite her on the keester...there is the thought that if ya have no legal connection to a vehicle and that vehicle gets parked in front of a fire hydrant, then local law enforcement will deal with that problem most effectively

[Brent B3B]

4 hours ago, Los_Control said:

Snow is just about ready to melt away in a few days, 

 

Or am I just suffering from cabin fever, and need to get the bronco back on craigs list after the snow melts?

LC, it's just cabin fever! Hang in there! SNAP OUT OF IT ! 

 

[Los_Control]

Thanks Brent!  Just a moment of insanity I am sure.

We have been snowed in here, I cant even get out to my uncles to work on some projects. Trying to sort in my mind as where to start when I can.

I will need to find out more on the title process before stripping the 52, would like to get a title for it. But I have time to work on it, since it is at Grandmas place out of the line of fire.

The bronco would just be for parts, and since it is 4x4, is kinda take all or none .... think I want none and it will just go away.

We have had another foot of snow since this photo was taken, and not above freezing in weeks.

[Desotodav]

22 hours ago, Los_Control said:

...  I did make a post awhile back about losing this truck that I call flower pot 1952 b1b. As it turns out, the guy never did show up and I now have the truck stored over at Grandma's property until I decide what will do with it. Am leaning to just parting it out at this point....

I reckon that's good news when you end up keeping another old truck!

If you do decide to part it out... I'm still chasing a horn button for my horn ring that I mentioned in that PM a while back.

[Los_Control]

Yes it is there, It is not the same as the 49. I cant think of any reason why I would want to use it. I know the ring is broken, I have seen other old cars with the ring broken in the same place. Makes me think the PO modified them, so they did not hit the horn ring accidentally while turning/driving.

Will still be some time (weeks) before have the time to bring it home and dismantle it, will also be ripping and tearing the 51 suburban apart at the same time.

We need to get on that one in a short time frame, may as well do the truck at the same time, I will need all the same tools out.

The horn rings sure add some bling, I like the simplicity of the 49 wheel without it though myself.

I wonder if the 51 suburban is missing a horn ring, or if it came without? . 

I will contact you dave, as I get it back to start tearing it down.

[JerseyHarold]

The '51 Suburban in the picture did not come with a horn ring....it is an original horn button wheel.

[Dan Hiebert]

There have been many discussions about getting replacement titles in this Forum.  The takeaway is that you just have to be familiar with your State's requirements, and although some don't quite make sense (and quite often the DMV clerk has no idea), it's never really that difficult.  I've dealt with that in some form or fashion in 6 States so far, and each differed enough that I couldn't rely on experience from the previous State.  That's just making a short post long - my advise is simply to ensure that Bronco isn't hot before you do anything more with it.  Take the VIN to your version of DMV, or your local police/sheriff's dept. may go out and run it - some don't/can't/won't.  Doesn't hurt to ask.  Let whoever ends up with the frame or body (would apply to the B1B, too) deal with getting a salvage (or whatever they call it there) title.  Part of that process is having the VIN verified (by DMV and/or a law enforcement officer - depends on your State's requirements), so having that done before you part the Bronco out will save you any surprises.  As far as your cabin fever spawned ideas - you're on your own there...      

[Flatie46]

I bought an '81 Jeep Scrambler  from a neighbor, had no title or paperwork what so ever. He had bought it for parts and didn't get a title with it when he bought it. He pulled what he wanted from it and pushed it into the field where it sat for years (10 or so). I'm into Jeeps so I bought it, it was  fixable and since they're pretty rare I took the numbers to the court house, they ran them, came back clean  and it hadn't been registered in over 7years so it had dropped off the system. They said if I had given less than $3000 for it, it qualified for getting a "certificate of ownership" which is a title. I had to register it when I applied, 6days later got a title in the mail. Tennessee is some what laid back when it comes to older vehicles, guess they figure they'll eliminate the red tape and enjoy the revenue from the tags, fees and such. There are companies that will get you a title for older vehicles. I've seen ads for them in the Walneck's cycle trader in the past. I think they run the numbers through a state with laws that are laid back, register it there then send it back to you. Again the state used in the process gets $$$ so yea, they gladly title that old truck they'll never see.