Hello, My good friend has sold his car (1950 model) to a friend overseas.. The shipping company is coming to pick it up this week and they told him, that he has to give them the ***le... Is that really how it works? His buyer is ok with it, but it seems strange to me... Is it OK..? thank you -THOM (BTW this isn't an overseas scam, he was paid a month ago)
Yes they need the ***le, they need to prove its his when it gets to the exit port otherwise every stolen car in the US would be heading overseas...
Yup thats true, gotta have proof when going through customs!.. how does it work with project cars with no ***le pete?? No bill of sale excepted ??? -Anthony
As far as I know......Parts are cool, so seperating ch***is's from bodys etc is one way.....but if they look like cars.....well u need a ***le. Thats for Australia. Also issues when they get here and the Customs guys feel they are complete cars... Back in the day they used to chop corvettes in 1/2 with all the fronts in one container and the rears in another....
And make sure your numbers match otherwise it may need to be returned back to the USA if not accepted at the overseas end.
Yes its true, same for shipping here to the UK. Needs a ***le otherwise wont ship. Also cannot be registered/***led here in UK without the original ***le as well. Make a copy of the ***le and send it to the person buying the car, shipping companies "loose" a lot of ***les! parts also Ok so long as it does'nt look like a whole car. In the UK once we ***le it here, our version of the DMV also sends the ***le back to the US DMV so they remove it from their system.
I sold a 51 Chevy pu truck to a guy in Holland two years ago.The transporter driver took the "***le" with the truck.And as mentioned above,I sent a copy of that and a bill of sale to the buyer overseas. In NY state vehicles older than 1972 don't have actual ***les ,just a transferrable registration stub,a ****ty little piece of paper.51 Chevy trucks have no stamped numbers,just a ID plate fastened to the door frame with two screws.The buyer checked this out with the Dutch authorities before hand to make sure it wasn't a problem.And it wasn't. One thing is interesting,the sealed beam headlights had to be swapped for H-4 Halogen types once in Holland.
I've sent several cars overseas and have done it both ways. I have given the ***le and bill of sale to the truck driver several times. This time the cars going to Japan and the export company wanted the paperwork expressed directly to them.
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