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Lets say you come across a mid 40's car that is a one owner car with the original ***le. Is it worth holding on to the ***le? Not sure how that would work seeing it has to be turned over to the state. I don't have the car yet and have not seen the ***le. Would be neat to hang on to it. I guess scan both sides and print it out??????

 

The ***le to a car is not a baseball card. This hobby has enough problems finding the appropriate paperwork without folks deciding to "collect" the actual ***les. If you want a record of your ownership, take a copy of the ***le, and/or registration, but please - give the next owner a break.

"we're goin' to the end of the line"

dj

 

Easy man,

Was just asking. I am going to be the next owner!! Thought it would be cool to keep. Thats all.

 

I made copies of my 32 Sport Coupe ***le. It was an "A" ***le. It said the car was first ***led in Pa. June 6th 1932. I thought that was cool and wanted to do***ent it.

 

Thats how I feel. It a mid 40s car with very low miles. Be a cool thing to do***ent.

Thanks

 

It's neat to have the historic do***ents to go with an old car. The Virginia DMV let me keep the 1969 ***le to my 1967 Shelby. They just stamped something like "historic reference, not for registration" on it and gave it back to me. It kind of depends on the person you get at the counter. I had an early 60's 1932 Ford ***le that I wanted to keep and they made me turn it in. Sure glad I made that high resolution color scan before I went to register the car!

 

Just scan and print it. Also maybe a few pics with todays newspaper.

 

I believe several states will do that. You send the ***le in and they mark it with something similar to that and send it back and issue you a new ***le.

A coworker is doing just that with the original ***le to the AAR Cuda that her late brother bought new.

Ask the license people if that can be done and go from there.

 

Bought a 51 Chevrolet Business Coupe off the HAMB. Came from Texas. I wanted to keep the original 1951 Texas ***le when I transfered it to Washington State. All they did was stamp "VOID" on the old Texas ***le and I got to keep it. I was actually surprised they did that here in Washington. But, it sounds like the original poster just wanted to keep the ***le as a keepsake; file for a "lost" ***le. But, then there are 2 ***les for the same car out there with different owners. At least he did'nt want to keep the VIN tag!

 

Thanks guys,

I will look into it. Just a neat piece of history I would like to keep with the car. If everything works out it will be in our garage next Sat.

 

You could always have the original owner file for a duplicate ***le. You'd have to pay it current, but you'd get a new paper copy and be able to keep the original.

Here in Oklahoma, you'd get a new ***le for $10 or $15, and have the old original to frame or display for whatever. However after you do that, it'd like a stock certificate once cashed - worthless as the paper it is written on.

 

He died 6 yrs ago.

 

The executor of the will should be able to do it. The other thing is you could take your bill of sale and use it to register the vehicle/transfer ownership through the DMV. It'd cost more, but it all depends on what the original ***le is worth to you.

 

Or just hit Kinkos and make a color photocopy for like 49 cents - being one sided it's no good to use to register a car - and be done. Stamp it VOID or HISTORICAL REFERENCE ONLY if you're worried about it.

 

My '40 Ford came with the original, voided Indiana ***le which the previous owner p***ed on to me. Not sure how it was retained, but since it's an important piece of the car's history, I was glad to get it.

 

In Arkansas, you can license and ***le an antique off of a bill of sale only. Like someone else has said though, after that's done the original ***le has no value other than as a keepsake as the new ***le will replace it.

 

Many states will allow you to keep a voided copy, but you need to ask before it hits the shredder.

 

I had to turn in the ***le from my '40 Plymouth. They made a copy for me, but wouldn't let me hold the original. Oh well.

 

*******s!!!!!

 

Every state is different. A friend of mine wanted to keep an old ***le to prove someone famous had owned the car. He made a B&W copy of the ***le. He went to DMV with the bill of sale and the copy of the ***le. He told them he had lost the original and they had him file for lost ***le. In California you can do that by filling out a statement of facts saying that the old owner gave it to you but you have lost it.
He had no problems getting a new ***le in his name and kept the old one purely for historical reference and cuz it's cool.

 

Probably more worth hanging onto the car.
Photocopy it and frame it.