Honesty in auctions.

[Lynn]

Originally Posted by CamaroNOS

I said it before and I live by this rule.

If a seller of a BIG dollar car has no history on a car, no previous ownership paperwork or testimonials, no dealer documentation.....nothing, then these are your wake up signals.
How can a car have zero historical information when it has been in existence for 30 - 40 - 50 plus years? Every car has history.

If there is paperwork, reach out to the previous owners and start asking questions. It could save you a ton of money.

If you are still unsure, reach out to the members on this site as many of them are qualified to do a proper and honest inspection.

Paul

There are legit cars out there without any searchable history. Not the norm, but still possible.

I bought my 69 Z from my brother in 1976. He purchased it in 1975. The Oklahoma Tax Commission (we don't have a DMV) lost all record of my car when they changed over computer systems in 1978. They don't even have a record of my purchase in 1976.

I ordered the shipper report as soon as it was available: zone 23 dealer 833. Roy S contacted me to let me know NCRS had no info on dealer 833. Everyone tells me it PROBABLY starts with and "S", but no one can narrow it down from there. NO ONE, including Paul, who deals with reproduction window stickers, can tell me what dealer it came from.

POP was long gone. Fortunately, it isn't an early pre-X code care, so I do have the original trim tag for some verification. Sure, I can verify it was sold new in OK, but not a hell of a lot beyond that.

It is a bit ironic that I have been able to help a few folks track down info on their cars, but I can't for my own. I suspect the Tax Commission has all my info on microfich or microfilm, but I don't know if they even have the machines available to search that media. Besides, I don't have any contacts there that could even get me access, especially now with all the privacy laws.