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<blockquote data-quote="Railrocker" data-source="post: 2667837" data-attributes="member: 567216">[QUOTE=Wonderbread;2762800]FYI - finding the car probably wasn&#039;t all that difficult.Any old registration info would include the VIN.&nbsp; If the car was still owned by someone, the VIN could be used to trace it, probably through the DMV network.Good luck on the purchase, this really is a cool thing that you&#039;re trying to do.Wrong it was difficult!Yeah your right once we found the VIN it was a lot easier but not that easy.&nbsp; When you do title check or carfaxes none of the personal information is displayed it only tells you when and where the car was sold or re registered.Finding the VIN was the hardest. I had never owned the car myself the original owner is dead and his mom threw everything away when he died.Im sure what we did was borderline illegal to get this information with the new privacy acts passed 1994. The DMV only releases under certain guidelines and they are pretty strict.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Railrocker, post: 2667837, member: 567216"] [[B]QUOTE=Wonderbread;2762800]FYI - finding the car probably wasn't all that difficult.[/B] Any old registration info would include the VIN. If the car was still owned by someone, the VIN could be used to trace it, probably through the DMV network. Good luck on the purchase, this really is a cool thing that you're trying to do. Wrong it was difficult! Yeah your right once we found the VIN it was a lot easier but not that easy. When you do title check or carfaxes none of the personal information is displayed it only tells you when and where the car was sold or re registered. Finding the VIN was the hardest. I had never owned the car myself the original owner is dead and his mom threw everything away when he died. Im sure what we did was borderline illegal to get this information with the new privacy acts passed 1994. The DMV only releases under certain guidelines and they are pretty strict. [/QUOTE]

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