No title just bill of sale???

[pooker]

What do I do if I buy something that just has a bill of sale. Can someone explain to me how hard it would be to get a title?

The only other encounter like this is when I bought a car from someone and they signed but the other owners didn't so I had to mail the title two states away and get it sent back before I could get it in my name.


Anyone that has done this can you tell me what you exactly had to do?


Thanks

[thornton04]

What was it that you bought? I might can help you out.

[bpitt]

Dude, there places that will sell you a title for the kind of car you buy, so you can get a tag.

Also, some states don't require a title, per se, to get registered. Used to, someone in Mississippi who didn't have a title could sell the car to someone in Alabama, get a tag and title in Alabama for it, then sell it back to someone in Mississippi and get a title here.

Also, you could go apply for a title for an 'abandoned' vehicle.

[bpitt]

My '50 Plymouth has no title, so I'm either gonna go the 'abandoned' vehicle route or buy a title from someone. I.e, some junkyards sell titles, but the ones I've heard doing it are outta state, which is fine with me. I just need a title, too.

[bpitt]

Here's a place in Alabama that can hook you up.

http://www.broadwaytitle.com/

Also, there is a thing called a 'bonded' title. I don't know much about it, but I think you fill out some paperwork and get an insurance bond to guarantee the car ain't 'hot'.

[pooker]

What was it that you bought? I might can help you out.
Havn't technically bought yet but the guy said he was bringing it to me saturday. Its a 1988 motorcycle.

The reason I ask is because in certain states, titles were not issued on cars until around this time. I believe it is in georgia if you have a motor vehicle and it is 20 or more years older all you need is a bill of sale.
Dude, there places that will sell you a title for the kind of car you buy, so you can get a tag.

Also, some states don't require a title, per se, to get registered. Used to, someone in Mississippi who didn't have a title could sell the car to someone in Alabama, get a tag and title in Alabama for it, then sell it back to someone in Mississippi and get a title here.

Also, you could go apply for a title for an 'abandoned' vehicle.

I hope so, it was cheap enough that I figured I could make a profit. Sold the stang. :) :) :)

I never had insurance on my last bike (no flames lol) and I owned that for awhile, is it hard to get insurance if ya dont have a title?

[bpitt]

Glad to see you get away from the 'stang. What kinda bike you looking at? Crotch rocket?

[pooker]

1988 cbr 600 F1? Yeah crotch rocket.

I generally wasn't going to get another bike, I was looking for something 1500 and UNDER. I was wanting something that got in the 30+ range, the only thing I found that I didn't think would destroy within a year was an s10 and a geo tracker. The bike just happened to be almost 1/3rd the price.

He said he would bring it to me on saturday but he sounded reluctant on the phone. Regardless, for the price I am getting it at I know I could make a profit on it if I ever had to sell it again.

I generally just wanted the title to sell it.

[bpitt]

Get an old Honda or Yamaha cruiser bike and make a bobber out of it, now that'd be cool.

[pooker]

I don't know what bobber means.

[bpitt]

Gimme a few minutes and I'll post you a picture.....

[pooker]

OK

[bpitt]

Well, go to this link and check out this Yamaha bobber.

http://www.killbillet.com/showthread.php?t=11669

[pooker]

Thats pretty sweet I would like to do that! Have you ever thought about getting a bike bpitt and are you going to donanelles?

[bpitt]

If'n I could find an old Honda or Yamaha cheap enough, I'd build one like that. I might make it back in time for Donanelles, I'm sitting outside New Orleans right now, been down here working. But, I'm supposed to go home tomorrow afternoon.

[bpitt]

Dig around on that killbillet.com on the rat bike forum, there's some other ones on there that are sweet as well.

[pooker]

OK , you gonna post yours on their when you are finished? Have ya posted your project on there and how long will it take you to finish?

[bpitt]

Here's another link. I visit this forum a lot as well. This thread is about building a bobber.
http://forum.olskoolrodz.com/showthread.php?t=36154&page=1&pp=10&highlight=yamaha+bobber

[pooker]

Those are cool, I would like to take on a task like that in a few years. I like those kinds of motorcycles, I also like hearing Guru's stories about him taking trips across the country. Those look like fun bikes to do it on.

[Guru]

What was the year on the Geo Tracker, what kind of shape was it in and was it one of the little Jeep looking convertibles?

[pooker]

It was on craigslist, I was unsure of how it looked :)