Approaching owner

[55chevy]

Hope the trip proves worthwhile and the car is there. Good luck and let us know what happens either way.

[JHerston]

Not looking to good. I went by his Condo when I got into town and its on a short, dead end road, while I was turning around guess who pulled in and opened the garage - no other car inside. I was too surprised to stop and ask him about it, I wasn't prepared at all. I'm either going to stop in tommorrow or write a letter maybe. His number is unpublished or I would call.
I'll keep you posted!!

[budnate]

If you could not see the car from the street..um by accident..then it would in my mind be better to right a letter first..see if he will call you up..tell him the truth that you did a DMV search looking for the car..dont freak him out by calling just yet..letter would be the safe and polite thing to do..good luck and keep us posted.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Don't lose hope just yet!

Two years ago, I needed to drive from Philadelphia to Mass. to pick up a 12 bolt posi that I won on EBAY. MikeA tagged along so that we could drive an extra 20 minutes to check out an 'address'. When we got there, it was dark, but we could tell right away that there was no Yenko car since there was no garage and nothing in the driveway. Not willing to drive the 6-7 hours back to PA without inquiring some more, I knocked on the door. An 80+ year old lady answers, and she confirms that the car is alive and well at her son's house, and shows me pictures of it. Turns out, he took it with him when he moved away, and never changed the title over.

So, do some research, call him, mail him, or stop by, and see what the story is!

[Damion]

If somebody stopped by my house to check out my car and mentioned that they tracked me down through the DMV, I would escort them back out the door.

[70-SS/RS-L78]

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If somebody stopped by my house to check out my car and mentioned that they tracked me down through the DMV, I would escort them back out the door.

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YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!!
The DMV would get a colorfull phone call the next day.
Mark L

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

That might be your first impulse. However, if the person turned out to be a normal enthusiast that just wanted to check out a car, what's the harm? I have never had a case where a person wasn't somewhat flattered that somebody (especially a younger somebody) was into cars this much to actually search out an owner. The owners are usually very accomodating when it comes to answering questions about the car's history, their personal experiences with the car, other cars they happen to know about, etc... If you treat the person with the respect they deserve, you won't have a problem.

[supercomp 8.90]

a friend of mine that i race with had a lemans blue yenko shell that was raced years ago in a storage garage sometime in the 80s,there was not much left,he told me that he received a phone call one day out of ny and the person said they had found out about his car through a vin # check and mike told me he stuck a deal with the people!!!! he searched everywhere for the title, then finally his wife found it in a safety deposit box!!! so there is one good story on title searches. it would have been better if i had known he had the car & bought it though!!!!!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I have found several cars via title searches, only once did the guy want to sell it though. It wasn't the car for me, but it suited another guy just fine

[Mike]

Marlin,

Were those recent title searches? I was under the impression that names/addresses, etc. weren't given out anymore because of the Privacy Act?

Mike