69 Z/28 history from the Phoenix area?

[Charley Lillard]

I gotta say working with a Arizona DMV is a picnic compared to California. Just titled and registered a car in Az. Took 10 minutes and walked out with title, 5 year registration and solid copper plates for less than 160.00

[x33rs]

Yes Arizona is easy, especially up here in Prescott, it's just not as busy as Phoenix. They just don't seem to want to do vin searches, or tell you if it's been over 10 years it's been purged. I figured I'd have better luck up here (not as busy) but that wasn't the case.

I've been through the California DMV's (family in Sac) What a mess that is, lol.

[mockingbird812]

So my email for Fred K. appears outdated. Bruce, you got something current?

[Xplantdad]

Originally Posted by mockingbird812

So my email for Fred K. appears outdated. Bruce, you got something current?

I don't but will get one

[Xplantdad]

Sam,


Sent the current email to you

[bilede]

It's been a few years but basement of ax dept of transportation on Jefferson in Phoenix had records back further. I told them I was looking to do a bonded title which title search is required by bonding agency. I got history back to 1970.

[carnut4life]

Is the VIN high enough to get an NCRS report on the car to find out where it was delivered new?

[x33rs]

Unfortunately no. It's in the "lost vin" category at NCRS so no records on it.

I even tried the Canada route hoping that there was a very small chance it was sold there. Unfortunately no dice up there either. I found a torn piece of paper under the carpet that is Canadian related from what I could find, so that's what led me to check for Canadian records.

It's a mystery.

I think the car has been out of public eye around here for so long it's just another forgotten car that likely wasn't a very popular color anymore by the time the late 70's and 80's rolled around, so it wasn't paid much attention to and just slid under the radar. I tend to think someone spray bombed it grey because of that, lol.

One of the reasons I reapplied grey primer on the car was two fold. One is that my wife wanted to daily drive it and I didn't want to worry about scratching the car everywhere it went, and two, I kind of wanted to keep the identity it had before it was parked in hopes that someone might recognize it. It's also a big reason I left the interior as it was. So far we've logged over 30k miles with it and most of the major car events around here. Hasn't rung a bell.

[carnut4life]

Oops, I didn't see the VIN info in your previous post. Wish we lived somewhere I could drive old cars all year round,, that would be a dream come true. Spent the week in Prescott last winter looking for possible retirement destinations and its beautiful up there. Best of luck finding the owner history of your Z28.

[x33rs]

Originally Posted by carnut4life

Oops, I didn't see the VIN info in your previous post. Wish we lived somewhere I could drive old cars all year round,, that would be a dream come true. Spent the week in Prescott last winter looking for possible retirement destinations and its beautiful up there. Best of luck finding the owner history of your Z28.

Thanks,

We love Prescott. We're actually in Prescott Valley, a bit lower elevation than Prescott but not far down the road. We had a very mild winter this year. Actually all 4 seasons are mild in this area of Arizona. Not super hot and not all that cold. So we drive these cars year round with not much inclement weather to speak of. Coming from Ohio originally the weather here is paradise. Did you decide on a retirement spot yet?