State of Hobby

[T Billigen]

I think it would be a good idea to have all know yenkos to have the vin posted. It would be great to have all COPO cars listed but I think much tougher to control, the Yenkos are a much smaller quanity to deal with, similar to the ZL1s which have all there vins listed. I think a list with the owners name and vin will discourage the people that purposely intend to deceive. I would be willing to e-mail my vin to Tom and have it posted. I also see Yenko Bart's point of view, he made a promise to someone that he would not post the vins and I think he is doing the right thing! (My Opinion)

[TimG]

NWYENKO, you will need a form 275 that can be printed out at www.dot.state.tx.us
Click on customer service and then click on forms. There are two sides to this form. The cost is $5.75 and they can go back to the inception of the title in Texas.
If you would ike to contact them by phone the number is 512-465-7611, they will provide this service even if you do not own the car from what I have been told.

[NWYENKO]

Thanks for the info, Tim. I don't see a problem with creating a registry of vin,s and owners much like Marlin has done with the Deuces. I don't see where this makes the owners more vulnerable. I don't see a big risk is a listed car being stolen from this info. What would a guy do with it? Strip it and the value is gone. Try to peddle it and everyone would know where it came from. I think it would be very interesting to see how many cars this group could account for!! Just my opinion. Jim

[AutoInsane]

I think the idea of creating a registry similar to the Shelby Registry is a very good one. I think all known 'Super Cars' should be included in the Registry. Even if the owner doesnt register the car, if it is a verified car, it should be included into the data base.

Who actually keeps track of the Registry here and how many cars are registered?

[Ed Cunneen]

I have given much thought about publishing VINs for all of the known cars. Only a few owners to date did not wish to have their VIN published. When I published a partial list in my book years ago, some people actually conducted title searches on all cars, and actually found at least one car. However, as a fall out to this, some owners did call me, mentioning someone tried to buy their car and my name came up as to the source of the information. I will take the lead in listing these VINs, unless there is a general consensus not to do so. Should owners be listed also? Let me know how you feel about this.

[NWYENKO]

I don't have a problem with the list being prepared with as much info as possible. Again, much like the one Marlin put together for the Deuces. By the way, Marlin, maybe we could update that list with all the Deuce movement happening the last year or so!! Jim

[Denis]

I always thought the Boss 302 registry was exemplary. My wife receives it; I think it comes out once a year. Related website is http://www.boss302.com/ .