Well, last week I got the Trunk pan finally in. It's NOT pretty but it works. Will have some more repair work to do on it eventually in the trunk pan to fix where I shaved some of the Trunk pan off so I could get the trunk pan in through the trunk without cutting it in half. Fuel Tank is on, Filled up, and all the fuel lines replaced. Ran it for about 3 minutes on Saturday off the Fuel Tank instead of the Gas Can. It's been raining ever since so I still have to put the Alternator Back in, Replace both Belts, Starter Relay, ballast Resistor, voltage Regulator and Coil and Find 4 tires for it, or temporarily use the tires and rims off the 5th Ave that will be waiting a while before I can start on that one. Will be a while before I can afford to get it plated but at least I'll be able to drive it around my 40 acres.
FINALLY got the Title for it Yesterday, after almost 2 months of dealing with the State on it. Everything was all Legal and We sent in the Bill of Sale and the South Dakota Title we got from the seller. Got a letter 2 weeks after that saying that another Title For the ASpen Existed in Minnesota and was issued after this guys title that he gave us for it and they wanted THAT title to, to get it out of the system. Turns out, Guy Lost the Title, Called His Sister (Whom he got it from, as she got the Car when their Dad Died) and got a duplicate title for the thing (Instead of Getting a duplicate title for the one HE had issued), then he found the Lost title which was no good anymore thanks to the duplicate Title his Sister got in Minnesota. Sooo, Had to call the That Guy up, see if he Still had that Duplicate Title, which he did, Drive to Rapid City To Pick it up, Which his sister had signed and dated on the Back but he never did anything else with it. Sent that into DMV and then got a letter stating that that STILL wasn't good enough and we needed a Bill of Sale from His sister or an attempt to get a Bill of Sale from her at her Last known address. So we had to send a request for a bill of Sale from her to her last know address in Rapid City (she now lives in Minnesota) via Certified mail and wait for that to come back as Undeliverable, then send that to the DMV for them to make a damn decision on whether they would issue a Title for it or not. This is WHY I always, GET A TITLE PUT IN MY NAME ASAP whenever I get a new vehicle no matter how long it's gonna sit before I get started on it. In the past 5 yrs I have gotten maybe 10 Vehicles in and EVERY damn one of them from Private Sellers up here has Never been put in the People's Name that I am buying them from, They have titles for them, Seller's Information all filled out and Signed but NO DATE put on them, and then people just keep the titles like that, Everything in the Buyers Section Left blank. Annoying to know ends. especially if they do happen to put a DATE on there because up here, it's a 5 Dollar Fine Per month after 30 days if a title is NOT transferred over (Max 50 dollar Fine).
Sooo, just a word of Advice, Check them Titles Good when you buy something used. And Pray to gawd that something like our situation didn't happen to your title. It's not tooo likely anymore as I think all the States are now Uplinked or whatever you want to call it with a National Title registry now and all the DMV's can check Title Status's from each state now. What a pain in the asssssssss to have to deal with people that are too lazy to have a title put in their name, it takes 10 minutes, and up here anyway, costs 5 bucks as you do NOT have to Register it at the time just to get the Title in your name.
Been Raining up here for 4 Days off and on up here so Looks like I still won't get the Aspen Finished today LOL.
