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Re: PARTS FOR SALE / titles



Chris,

What is done about the sticker in the door jamb?  I can understand 
how to keep the metal plates, but the sticker (and the stamped-into-
the-firewall chassis numbers) seem like an obstacle.

Ken

JordanVw@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 8/31/99 1:16:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, OorQue@aol.com 
> writes:
> 
> <<  know things are different in New York -- I seem to recall seeing an awful 
>  lot of abandoned cars when I lived there -- but here in Arizona, no salvage 
>  or scrap yard will touch a car without a title.  Because of this, a friend 
>  ended up cutting the bodyshell of his parts car into pieces with a torch and 
>  throwing a little away each week with the rest of his garbage.
>   >>
> 
> thankfully here in Pa its not as bad, depending on which yard you deal with. 
> i have parted out a few rusty vw bugs/buses over the years, and usually i can 
> get a scrap metal recycler to come with a rollback and haul away the shell 
> for free - it's just scrap metal to them, and they're glad to take it, no 
> questions asked.  best part is with a scrap metal recycler, they dont ask for 
> the title, so i usually remove the VINs and keep the title before they take 
> it..  probably not worth it to save the titles from audis, but ive seen 
> numerous people with vintage vw's in need of a title for a car theyre doing a 
> restoration on..