As interesting as this sounds technically if you are "parting out" a car then (at least here in New Jersey) you are supposed to surrender the title back to the State DMV where they then retire it. It is (I believe) a federal law that prevents you from moving a vin # and title from one vehicle to another. This is to prevent having a stolen car and "cleaning" it up with a different title. In practice you can "rebuild" a car if keeping the origional frame, vin and title. It becomes a question at what point is it still a car and has a legal title? To actually sell a title (and a vin plate) without actually getting a car sounds a little illegal. If a seller was to sell a title I think the best thing to do is at least sell the fiberglass body and dash to the same person. (These parts hold the vin tags). I don't think it is very economical to consider this unless you have at least 1 parts car. Ask Dave Stragand what he spent not counting his time and you will quickly see the economics don't make sense unless the car is valuable in it's own right like it was a movie car or it was owned by a celebrity. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Bob Brandys <BobB@xxxx> wrote: > > One thought that was not discussed regarding poor condition cars was > what happens to the titles of the parted out cars. > > Right now there are Deloreans that are being parted out because of the > value of the parts. > > If the Delorean does evolve into a very desirable classic car like a > camaro or mustang, titles from junked or "cut up" cars become valuable. >