[TR] Government at its worst

[mark.jones at exxonmobil.com]

I do sympathize with you, but why would you not have registered the car in
your name right after you bought it?  Govts are known for doing things like
this; it should be of no surprise to you.

Friends made fun of me for immediately transferring the title of the two
TR7s I bought this summer, even though one may never be on the road again
and the other for at least a year, and I even had to go through the effort
of getting the VIN put right on the parts car.  Well, it is exactly for the
problem that you are having that I did go through the hassle; because DMV
rule change constantly and if necessary I still know where the former owner
lives.  It also happens that if I send the parts car to a scrap yard that I
still have to prove ownership.

Mark

From: "Andrew Uprichard" <auprichard at comcast.net>

4 years ago I bought TS51185 from a guy in Connecticut and got a notarized
bill of sale.  Having now gotten the car to a point (running, almost ready
for paint, hopefully less than a year from finished) where I would like it
to be insured, I applied for a Massachusetts Title.  Well, apparently our
great commonwealth recently enacted a law of "no new titles" and are
refusing to accept my application without a previous title.  I explained
that the guy who sold it to me probably never had a title, and certainly is
not going to be interested in going about getting one in retrospect.  The
lady's reply ?  "Well, I guess you won't be driving it anytime soon"

Has anyone come across this type of thing before ?  Any Advice ?