RJM, Its really simple: No title, no check! It is incumbent on the seller to produce a title. You might want to go to your local county tax office, and verify what all you may need in order to ascertain full legal possession of this vehicle, but you really should not have to. If the current owners simply apply for a lost title as the current owners, assuming they are the legally recorded owners, why should you have to kill yourself for them to avoid having to spend about $5.00 at the TX Dept of Transportation? If they are not in any way connected to the person or persons on the title, why are you giving them a check for something they cannot legally claim to own? If they won't make the effort now, exactly what leverage do you think you will have after the sale. Therefore, accept nothing less than a full title. Hugh ----- Original Message ----- From: <RaDadNY@xxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 7:25 AM Subject: IML: 56 Imperial Texas > I want to thank the local member,Dimitri, for helping me so far get this car. > What's odd is I hear they just got it and it had been sitting some 12 years > or so. The fellow who has the car sent me pictures and agreed since I was the > first he'd hold it for me, we will see if he is honorable on that score. > Dimitri saw the car for me. I asked him,the owner, for an address to send > the deposit to and now he tells me its not his car? That I need to email > someone else??? PS- there is no title with it...any reactions from you guys? > I have a coupe (very hungry) now but wanted another since I love the style.> > Im still looking for 66 LeBaron or Convert.. too RJM > >