Mazdastuff

Hi, I have decided to search for a car my parents owned decades ago. 1964 Corvette Coupe S/N is 40837S111261. It was in Michigan Center MI in the late 70's around 1976 to 1979. My father sold it but have no clue as to whom acquired the car(remember him telling me someone off M-50) so I thought I would start with the forums. More curious to see if the car survived. Any tips on finding the car will be welcome.
Brian

carlisle61

Try the C2 Registry.

MidShark

What was the color combo? Do you know what engine it had? It's great that you have the serial number, but a description of the car might ring a bell for somebody. I know of a white over red '64 bought in the late 80's in the Kalamazoo area that's been squirreled away ever since, but I have no idea what the VIN is.

Rich

Mazdastuff

It was a Sapphire Blue, black interior with a white stripe on the hood, best guess on motor was a basic 327 manual transmission. Yes, I got lucky on the S/N, cleaning out their home and packing up stuff I came across a set of brand new plates from 1976 that had the original registration with them. Plates never made it to the car.

carlisle61

y I checked the c2 registry, and it is not listed.

emccomas

Not listed in NMVTIS.

kdzdds

Contact AutoAncestry.com
Bill Gould is the owner... serious inquiries cost about $300
He just located lots of pre owners for me.

Mazdastuff

Thanks, actually contacted him already and provided him with the info I had and he was not able to help. Trying another avenue...if it pans out I will post here. Thanks to all...the search continues.

Railroadman

Not being listed in C-2 registry nor NMVTIS is not what you want to hear. Could still be out there in a barn somewhere, or even in a museum or someone' long-time driver. Update us if you get info - some of us really enjoy this type of search.

Mazdastuff

The biggest roadblock is trying to pull up the VIN at a DMV since it is not 17 digits long...if they try to type in the vin I think they are getting an Invalid Entry response. Does anyone know how DMV's store this information? So it can be accessed?
Thanks
Brian

LeeS

I've used Michigan DMV many times, they are friendly and easy to work with, that even have a dept. that will give you title history. Here's the link. The length of the vin should not be a problem.

http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7...8744--,00.html

I would not write but call them and sell your story, you will need a "permissable" reason to get the current owners contact information, you have an old registration for the car so you can mention that as well as your family story. If they won't give you the current owner they will at least get you to the guy who sold it to the current owner and he may know who he sold it to.

C2 Hot Cam Guy

i have not been able to connect w c2 registry can you tell me how i can contact them ? Is Dennis Manire in Melbourne Fla still connected w that? Thanks for any help

58RAGTOP

I am looking for my first car, a 58ragtop. I have the plate from the car but not the vin number. You would think that the plate is connected with the vin number since you cant get plates without the VIN # I owned this 58 back in 1965 and early 1966. I put a 327 into it and the body color was silver/blue with silver coves. I bought and sold the car in Racine Wisconsin. My dad sold it for me as I was in boot camp at the time and when I returned from the service 4 years later, no sale info was kept. Any help on how to proceed would be appreciated.
Thanks

Railroadman

First suggestion is start a separate thread in the C1-C2 General section, it will get more attention than being tacked on the end of this one. Second, without the VIN it will be much harder to find the car. The NMVTIS and the C-1 registry both work from the VIN. Old insurance bills might have the VIN, repair receipts, or a registration stub. Otherwise you have very little to go on. You could try the WI motor vehicle dept with the license plate #, but between that being 50+ years ago and today's privacy BS it's a long shot at best.

Good luck and keep us posted!

rlbock

I sold a 1964 corvette in 1973 to a guy that lived in Ann Arbor when I first met him but I seem to remember he had moved to the Jackson Area, which is very close to Michigan Center. The 64 was dark blue with a white stripe on a 67 big block hood that I had installed on it. Here is a picture of it when I owned it and it would have looked exactly like it when sold.
Do you know any more history of the car?