[DML] Re: Identifying original dealer from Vin List database.

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The records do not exist to find out that way. To create a "Chain of
Ownership" you go back through each owner, one by one, eventually you
will get to the origonal selling dealer. You do it by going to the
Motor Vehicle agency in each State the car was titled and registered
in. It can take a while and be costly. Especially if the car was
titled in several States. Not all States will have the records back to
'81. You start with the person that sold the car to you and the State
he lived in and titled the car in. You request a search on that
vehicle and vin #. Forget trying to do it through the dealers. Most
have either changed names or are no longer in business. Most do not
keep records that far back anyway. In the US very few records are kept
for more than 7 years. If you know for a fact that the car was once a
NY car you can also start there. NY has good records going way back.
You *could* also try Carfax.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John Dore" <dmcjohn@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to find out the history of a DeLorean (#1548), and would 
> like to find out which dealership it was originally sold through back 
> in 1981.
> 
> Looking at the Vin list on DMCnews, for car #1548, it shows dealer 
> 32111.
> 
> http://www.dmcnews.com/faq/img/news/n_vinlst.pdf
> 
> How does one match dealer 32111 with the original dealer list, to see 
> which dealership the car passed through?
> 
> For instance, on my car 3810, it lists dealer 32115. I know this car 
> came from Dave Ball Chevrolet in Syracuse, NY, but I see no link 
> between the dealership and the number 32115 listed in the vin list.
> 
> Thanks for any help with identifying which dealership corresponds 
> with 32111 on the vin list!
> 
> Regards,
> John Dore, Ireland.
>



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