Buying a car w/no ownership!!

knuckles · WATERLOO, ONT

RE: Buying a car w/no ownership!!

Cat in the Hat · BRANTFORD, ONT

$300 .........+ + + + +

Gwillyville Kid · BRADFORD, ONT

I am remembering from 25 years ago, but, when I had my towing company I regularly ran into cars left/abandoned because could not or would not pay for towing and storage. Often vehicle simply abandoned on the Trans Canada highway, due to some sort of failure. Faced with a problem of how to dispose of these vehicles, without legal problems "down the road". I called my lawyer and had him find a solution. He found that the ONTARIO Environmental Protection Act had a provision to deal with abandoned vehicles. I believe it was in Section 51. I required to get a Police report, dealing with the abandonment of the vehicle. With that report and a letter my lawyer drew up, I was able to legally transfer vehicles into my name so I could dispose of them. I did have one vehicle that was a very small problem that the Police resolved in about 30 minutes. That Police report came in handy that day. Start digging. If someone has left a vehicle somewhere and is no longer able to be located that would be abandonment. Just a tip for the future. If someone wants to store a vehicle on your property, have them sign the ownership, get a contract that states that if they are unable to be located they surrender the vehicle to you. But that is from today forward.

re. Bombardier Spyder 3 wheeler with 2 front wheels.

When the Plymouth 'Cuda AAR and the Dodge Challenger T/A were introduced to the public they did pass FEDERAL standards therefore were licensed for the road, if requested. However, If resold (used car) they did NOT pass ONTARIO motor vehicle inspection standards because the exhaust exited the vehicle ahead of the rear wheels. Ontario required exhaust exit after the rear axle. That law had to be changed. This type of consideration will need to be applied to the Bombardier Spyder, if it has not already been changed. It passes Federal Vehicle standards.
There was a vehicle running around Milton, a number of years ago with a car front end, like a Lotus or Bricklin, and a Motorcycle engine, etc. rear end mounted via the "POST". It was licensed for the road.

the Kid

-- Edited by Gwillyville Kid on Tuesday 20th of January 2015 02:12:16 AM

-- Edited by Gwillyville Kid on Tuesday 20th of January 2015 02:13:46 AM

knuckles · WATERLOO, ONT

bought a blank repo vin tag....

meester_jamie · GALT, ONT

here is a resource that might be handy... to run serial numbers
www.cpic-cipc.ca/index.shtm

MScott · EASTERN ONTARIO

After reading these stories, I started to get a bit panicked. Back in 1989 I bought a 1958 MG at an auction. After some initial dismantling, I stored the car and have really not done much restoration on it since then. The vehicle was sold without registration and, after learning that taxes would be paid on the restored value of the car if I waited until it was finished, I looked into getting a registration and actually had an affidavit completed but never signed by a commissionaire. I wondered if I had waited too long to complete the process and would not be able to get the car registered in my name.
I had recently started the restoration process and feared that I might invest a lot of time into a vehicle that could not be registered since the original owners are deceased.
I looked up the original bill of sale and took that, with the unsigned affidavit, to a nearby licensing office and asked the clerk there what my options were.
She ran the serial numbers and found that there was nothing on the car in the system (probably because of the age) and said that it could be registered without problem. The only thing required is an appraisal of the car in its current state and then she could sign the affidavit in the office and issue a registration. (After I pay any additional taxes required and the licensing fees of course.)Whew!!!!

parklane · St THOMAS, ONT

You can get anyone that's a licenced car salesperson to do an appraisal for you. Just don't get too stupid with a REAL LOW price, cuz that may come back and bite your a$$.