Date:         Tue, 24 Dec 2002 15:06:20 -0500
Reply-To:     Vanagon man <vgonman@MSN.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Vanagon man <vgonman@MSN.COM>
Subject:      Re: Report of International Title Service
Comments: To: Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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I have used ITS 3 times before with no problems.

Adam P
81  Westy "The Brick "
70 Single Cab "Whitey"
74 Beetle "Ol Yeller"
73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop)
1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg
1976 Transporter (New CA bus)
Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly aircooled)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth Wilford" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 12:27 PM
Subject: Report of International Title Service


> Folks have come across the dilemma from time to time.  They find a nice
> Vanagon that they want to restore in a junkyard with no title and they
> wonder "Can this car be legal again?"  I recently came into posession of a
> nice '87 Syncro Van that had been abandoned at a mechanic's shop after the
> owner moved and then thought the cost of the shop repairs were too high.
> I looked around on the internet and found a company that could said they
> could get you a new title for your car with no title.
> http://www.its-titles.com
> I gave them a call and within a couple of days I had the paperwork I
needed
> to fill out to have the new title prepared.  I mailed the paperwork back
to
> ITS and now a week later, I have my paperwork from them.  It is not a
title
> but a registration slip from Rhode Island with a Bill of Sale.
>
> Basically it works like this:
> You sell the van to ITS for $1
> They get the van registered in Rhode Island and then sell it back to you.
> You get this RI registration and a letter from RI DMV saying that a bill
of
> sale is all that is required for this vehicle in RI.  Now I am going to
take
> this stuff to the NJ DMV and see what happens.
>
> All in all I am happy with what has happened so far.  The paperwork was
> simple and easy to fill out.  The cost was not too bad ($225) and the time
> frame of one week was a lot quicker than I had expected.  I'll post to the
> list when I get the final OK from NJ DMV.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> http://www.vanagain.com
> Phone: (856)-327-4936
> Fax: (856)-327-2242
>