60FlatTop Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Here is a heart breaker I came across on Team Buick:1949 Buick Roadmaster 2dr - Team Buick ClassifiedsAnd I feel bad when they don't do the work right.Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BJM Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 What? Lost the car? Sounds like this fellow was not as hands on as he should have been as this basically means the car was stolen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeShmoe Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 How about that! Now someone else will be advertising another "barn find" abandoned project car. No title, bill of sale only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigDogDaddy Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 The description says the car was lost and the shop too. That sounds more like everything was seized, either by a bank or gov't agency. Either way he should be able to get the car back. Something doesn't sound right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Phillips Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 I spoke to the seller last night (and bought all of the trim). "BigDogDaddy" is right, the shop and all contents were seized for nonpayment of either taxes or a loan--I forgot which one he said. Pete Phillips, BCA #7338 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 I posted that ad here feeling a little empathy about the situations which can take our cars away. It was an ad, but contemplating all the things around such an incident are pretty sobering.In the 1990's I had a customer's car at a dealership paint shop when the feds showed up with chains and padlocks. My friend, the body shop manager, scrambled and got the car off the premises. It could have been really bad, the owner of the car was a lawyer! I'm glad I shared and you got the parts, Pete.Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Phillips Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Bernie,Thanks for the lead. I also experienced the near loss of a car once. I was restoring a 1964 Studebaker Commander, had it just about done, and the shop where I was working on it didn't pay their rent and went out of business. I had to go get a sheriff's writ of attachment--I think that is what it was called--and got a deputy to contact the building owner and let me get the car out. Thank goodness I had a title to the car and the title was in my possession, not inside the car!Pete Phillips, BCA #7338 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I believe most government agencies will bend over backwards to release that which is clearly identified as not beloning to the shop owner. They may issue a order directing that any payment due the shop be sent to them instead, but they would not confiscate items beloning to an innocent third party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick man Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 So one could hope and think...However it is done every year on April 15th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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