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West Palm Beach, Florida: Midway through Friday's collector car sale, representatives of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) forced Barrett-Jackson to stop the sale of certain cars from the GM Heritage Fleet. Our sources tell us that this order from NHTSA was completely unexpected; Barrett-Jackson and GM have been extremely careful to note, in written material posted on the cars, which GM cars are sold on "salvage titles" or similar, and cannot be registered. Apparently, despite this, NHTSA is concerned that someone "might try" to register the cars for the street.
GM and Barrett-Jackson are attempting to resolve this so that the cars, which have been heavily publicized and have drawn bidders from across the nation, can be sold. Unfortunately, discussions are hampered by the fact that the relevant NHTSA offices are closed for the day, and reportedly will be closed tomorrow as well.
For updates, go to the Barrett-Jackson web site,
www.barrett-jackson.com
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You just can't make this stuff up fast enough. Now Big Brother is going to say you can't buy a car with a salvage title because of something a buyer "might try" to do??
I've never been a "black helicopters" guy, but we keep getting closer and closer to communism.
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Reminds me of the time in college when the local "assistant deputy" pulled me over in my Camaro while I was driving 20 mph in a 25 mph zone, plodding along behind a garbage truck. He wrote me a ticket for the newly invented crime of "attempted speeding". He said if the garbage truck had not been in front of me at the time, then I would have definitely been exceeding the posted speed limit.
It turns out he had just been yelled at by his chief for doing stupid stuff and decided he had to vent his anger at someone.
I called the chief and asked him if he wanted to take care of this ticket or should I call my lawyer in NYC and the local media. The chief said he'd take care of the ticket. Mr. "assistant deputy" was never seen again in that town.