Buying a car without a title !
 

Gentleman whats your thoughts on buying a car that the seller doesn’t have any paperwork on? He claims the person he bought it from 20 years ago never gave him the title. Car has supposedly been off the road since 1974ish. He wants nothing to do with trying to obtain a title for the car but wants top money for the car. I’m struggling with this because its a very special car that i would love to have however its alot of money to gamble with ! Thanks

Grab the VIN and see if you can possibly do a title search yourself.? Can't be more than $20 bucks I would imagine.?

Call Bruce Shaw. He’s a sponsor on this site. Very knowledgeable and helpful. Reasonable charge too :-)

Bruce Shaw is a good recommendation. Texas has bonded titles that allow someone to make claim to the car for two years. I’d think no title would reduce the value of the car considerably

Place a deposit, and do a simple sale contract contingent upon getting a clean title.







Some caution is needed:

What state do you intend to title the car in?

I have bought a few cars with out titles and went thru the bonding process. Mind you these are just average collectible cars at best... The problem I face is when trying to sell them is the stigma of a "bonded" title (they might as well have been branded salvage) even though there is no recourse to the buyer. The minute they hear that half the buyers leave the room. The ones left only want to pay salvage prices, so with this in mind I make my initial offers accordingly. Its a constant battle trying to educate people and most guys wont listen to a seller but will take title advise from the face tatted 7-11 store clerk...

Im in Michigan!

Does anyone know how to get ahold of Bruce Shaw ?

Never noticed his ad on the site?

Bruce Shaw
215.657.2377

http://shawlaws.com/