Charley,
This is how cars get a bad name, but not this time, not this one. Here is the deal. I just spoke with the owner of the car, not the Lotus Dealership, but the owner Tommy. The mutt on the east coast did not have a #66 car, he had a title that he had bought somewhere, somehow. He jumped on a plane and went out west and by manipulating the police he led them to believe his car had been stolen and he came to get it. Didnt work. While it is still being resolved, the fact remains that the owner has the factual documented background on his car all the way back to new from Hoffmans Chevrolet. The previous owner had the car fifteen years. It is no secret where these cars are at, if it was actually stolen why did this mutt wait until now to claim his so-called car instead of anytime in years prior? My guess is because it had been reported on the internet that for the first time since new the car was in the hands of a dealer, thereby it would not be such a personal issue to obtain the car illeagaly and imorally by producing a bogus title. Maybe the 400 to 500K figure being talked about was enough for him to finally grow a set of nuts, who knows, but it aint working and this car should not have to suffer the speculation that this type of crap generates. Sounds like an ass whippin is in order to me.
MotownMadman