Help Finding my Dads old car
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Help Finding my Dads old car
Looking for my dad's old car, 1972 Corvette, VIN 1Z37K2S512183 , The car is Ontario Orange. He bought this car in 1988 in Hartford and sold to someone from New Hampshire in the early 2000s for 15k and a case of booze. I would love any help finding it, or someone pointing me into a way of finding it. (If it is still on the road today...) All VIN lookup sites don't like the vin, because it is 13 characters not 17.
Much appreciated
-Luke
Much appreciated
-Luke
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Hello Flag17,
Here is another possible option.
Jeff Murray
Vintage Car Research LLC
P.O. Box 74
Amherst, NH 03031
603-582-6302
jeff@vintagecarresearch.com?Subject=...Car%20Research
I have not personally used this service but it was posted here on Corvette Forum awhile ago by someone who was trying to find an old car.
Good luck with your search.
Here is another possible option.
Jeff Murray
Vintage Car Research LLC
P.O. Box 74
Amherst, NH 03031
603-582-6302
jeff@vintagecarresearch.com?Subject=...Car%20Research
I have not personally used this service but it was posted here on Corvette Forum awhile ago by someone who was trying to find an old car.
Good luck with your search.
Last edited by KS69Coupe; Feb 5, 2020 at 09:50 AM.
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If you have any contacts at a car dealership, have them run a carfax. They can run the shorter vin number and it will give you a place to start. It should tell you if the car is still on the road, or has a "branded" title, or is salvage. Might even tell you what state its in. It is a place to start. Its how I started the search for my 1978 I bought new.. I found it, but he wont sell it back to me.
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Inquiring through NH DMV is a good option; but a caveat is how privacy constraints may stymie your above-board inquiry. (Q on DMV title search form: are you doing research on safety of Motor Vehicles? Researching History of an Estate?) YMMV
Any US LEO can run that VIN and find out who it is/was last titled to ... regardless of State. They CAN; but whether they WILL probably depends on your relationship w/ LEO. FYI: there are privacy constraints. YMMV
I did so with a non-vette I was offered with no title. Although it was last registered half-way across US, It was NOT stolen. I acquired car and then got a title for it via several hoops & a sheriff's sale. To clarify, there was NO VIN monkey business. YMMV
Any US LEO can run that VIN and find out who it is/was last titled to ... regardless of State. They CAN; but whether they WILL probably depends on your relationship w/ LEO. FYI: there are privacy constraints. YMMV
I did so with a non-vette I was offered with no title. Although it was last registered half-way across US, It was NOT stolen. I acquired car and then got a title for it via several hoops & a sheriff's sale. To clarify, there was NO VIN monkey business. YMMV
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