[DMCForum] Re: sorry, no pics of the "unkown vin" car.
From: "EJ Chambers" <marmieej@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 20:11:30 -0000
Hey, they DeLorean is close by me. I live in Fort Worth, used to live
in Arlington. Hey James, are you in the DFW area?
I could also swing by and check out the car and see how it looks. Take
pics if need be.
Ej
--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "James Wallen" <james.a.wallen@xxxx>
wrote:
> You'll never guess what happens, I'm making great time on my drive
> there this morning, and the cell phone rings. I fumble to pick it
> up and when I finally get it I see FHP on the other side of I-10
> hitting his brakes. Cut me a break, 79 in a 70, not 86/70. Well,
> that call was from the "owner." I sat on the side of I-10 after
> nice Mr. FHP hands me my souvenir and called her back. She doesn't
> own the car, it belongs to he boyfriend. That's not all! The title
> isn't even in his name! It's apparently in some other guy's name
> that's been "dead for a while!" It's got an Oklahoma title, but has
> been sitting in TX for who knows how long. She suggests that she'll
> just sign the title over to me when she gets it and mail it to me.
> WTF? You GOTTA be freakin kidding me! Walt, do I come off as some
> sort of idiot? You're the only one here to meet me I think.
>
> Needless to say, her name is Blossom (not from this country by the
> Korean? accent) and she'll take $5,000 for it. Thought someone else
> might want to take a bite at this. Oh, she won't have the title for
> 2-3 weeks though! Hah! We'll see. The link for the car is here:
> http://adcache.collectorcartraderonline.com/10/9/0/72519490.htm
>
> This weekend is shot. I couldn't changed directions and made up
> some of the lost time, but I'm 250+ miles from home with nothing but
> a speeding ticket and a fresh receipt for $45 in gas. I'll try
> again next weekend.
>
> -James
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