[DeTomaso] Why support the registry?

Fri Feb 3 09:18:22 EST 2012

As they say "You hit the nail on the head!"  It was quite a few years ago
so it's water (or Money) under the bridge!  But I learned a valuable lesson
and I wanted to share it with my Pantera brothers. This Landcruiser was a
"good deal" so I was a little concerned that it might have been e salvage
or been in a serious wreck ( this was before carfax) I went so far as to
pay a Toyota dealer to give it a serious going over and it came up clean. I
never suspected it could be a stolen car. Since Panteras  and many other
collectible cars don't have 17 digit  vin #'s and can't be car faxed (
which is not fool proof either) I wanted to make the list aware of some of
the pitfalls and the importance of doing due diligence.
Thanks for you condolences.
Boyd

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

> Ah.  So that crap rolling downhill scenario you spun, hit -you- as the
> last person they could find in the string.
>
> Damn, Sorry to hear about that.
> Asa Jay
>
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> On 2/2/2012 6:53 PM, boyd casey wrote:
> > No, I paid $30,000 and sold it for $35,000 and I was sued for $35,000
> plus
> > damages and legal fee's (I was deemed liabel for the persons sales taxes
> > and interest payments he had made between the time I sold him the car and
> > the time the police realized it was a stolen car with altered vin plates
> > (it was almost two years after I sold the car)  it came out to $50,000.
> > When was the last time you priced a Land cruiser and two lawyers (his and
> > mine)? This was some time ago but a new Land Crusier now is over $70,000
> > The police were unable to locate the person that sold me the car (the
> > crook) so I could not serve him and attempt to recoup anything.
> > Boyd
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Asa Jay Laughton<asajay at asajay.com>
>  wrote:
> >
> >> You paid $50,000 for a Land Cruiser?
> >>
> >>
> >> Quoting boyd casey<boyd411 at gmail.com>:
> >>
> >>> If that car had been insured ( against theft) and a claim paid  by the
> >>> insurance company , the insurance company would have gotten  the
> windfall
> >>> not the former marine. And you can bet they wouldn't have reimbursed
> the
> >>> latest "owner for the $12,000 he spent on  the motor.
> >>>   I bought a land cruiser that had been "tagged" and the theft and vin
> >>> alteration discovered after I had resold the car. The discovery and
> >> seizure
> >>> of the tagged Land cruiser started a law suit daisy chain that  went
> down
> >>>   hill until it hit the first guy that got burned. The original thief
> is
> >>> rarely caught because he is the only one that knows the car is hot and
> >>> usually covers his tracks well. Plus a judgement against a car thief
> (if
> >>> you can find him) is usually not worth much.
> >>> I got whacked for $50,000!
> >>> Boyd
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Terry Appleby<taappleby at bigpond.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>> Great Story Mike - Thanks for sharing - there is always hope!
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
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> >>>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Why support the registry?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi guys,
> >>>>
> >>>> Here's a perfect example of why the De Tomaso registry is so
> important.
> >>>> This story got busted wide open by Howard Pardee, who runs the '65
> GT350
> >>>> registry for the Shelby American Automobile Club (SAAC).
> >>>>
> >>>> Substitute "Pantera" for "GT350" and think about it....
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XRE3yw-PdM
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