The fact that your asking makes me think you did something you consider maybe a bit sketchy, well it’s survived you so it’s probably fine, life’s not safe, never was and it shouldn’t be, that’s what’s exciting, let the next generation look out for themselves. The way we try to protect these precious unique little snowflakes makes me sick, all you have to do is surf u tube to see what I’m getting at, the retarded shit they’re doing to get a thrill is totally beyond me. Sure we were all impervious, 10 feet tall and bulletproof when younger but it’s gone beyond that.
The solution is really quite simple. Completely dismantle the car in question and ship all parts off to a smelter with clear instructions to completely melt all parts into one inch square ingots. That should do the trick. Don't forget to burn or shred your title. Problem solved. Why sweat the small stuff when the solution is so simple?
Like Truck 64 said, it depends directly on how much money we are talking about. If your heirs have a lot of money, laying around, the lawyers could come after them for anything! If they are broke... no lawyers! It kinda self cancels.... if you have no money=no lawyers, if you have money= you can afford YOUR own lawyer. No worries! PS, to make you feel better about the sale of your hot rod, have the buyer sign a notarized statement , informing him that he is buying an old car with old parts. A little more than “ as is” . Some folks will tell you this may hurt . But at least it proves that he “ knew” it was an old car! And may prevent him from even contacting a lawyer! Kinda like the waiver you sign at a go-cart track. Doesn’t wave the responsibility of the owner, but proves you knew what you were getting into. It can help. I know this because I was a lawyer for three years one Summer in Arkansas! Bones
I love the way you worded this............... ( long summers maybe ? ) Can’t help thinking that there is an interesting story behind the above comment.
I bought a ‘53 Chevy from Minnesota in 2012 with a bill of sale. Trailering it back to Virginia and going to DMV, no trouble titling it. They ran Vin# with no problems and issued title in my name.
The buyer bears some responsibility for making sure a used vehicle they purchased is in safe operating condition. I have seen a lot of questionable modifications and repairs over the years, you have to look things over...
The new HAMB requires that all hotrod related automotive transactions be required to have at least two attorneys present. If dealing with New Zealand or Australia one attorney needs to be well versed in international law.
The guy you're blowing off has far away given you the best reply and indirectly the best advice. I'd have to say that he's the smartest guy in the room so far. Everyone else is practicing law without a license. So I'll do some of that myself and say you have nothing to worry about. RIP
well, I have read the responses and while I would say you no problem. I have some questions, when you say your heirs liability, are you asking about if THEY resell the car after they have possession of it? Or that you sell it and someone goes after them as your heir? Or go after the estate? We had a lawyer go after us for the debt of a dead relative, they were told to pound sand, but they tried. The ONLY way I could see someone making a case would to be to claim some type of neglect, like someone else said. And that can be a grey area. Has anyone gotten sued over the broken cast axles? Is that neglect? You bring up a good question but unless the car is so bad you would not drive your kids around in it, I would not worry about it.
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