After I bought my Elky I lost all the paperwork and the Title. The problem is I never registered it or got it put in my name because of the long term nature of the project and the "I,ll wait till im ready" attitude. I am getting close to getting the car on the road and have no title, does anyone know how I can get a replacement? Any help would be appreciated

I don't know about AZ, but in Indiana you can go down to the DMV and file for a lost title. May take awhile since you didn't title it in your name already. I know if you had titled it in your name you could get a replacement title, i just had to do this with one of my cars, i just paid it off got the title from the bank and left it in my pants and washed it needless to say i had to get a replacement.

Chris

The problem is that it was never titled to you. You are going to have to find the pevious owner and get him to apply for a replacement title. I had a similar problem a long time ago when I was young and foolish. By the time I got around to retitling the car the previous owner was somewhere in the South Pacific. Never found the guy, never retitled the car in my name and NEVER did it again.

Here's an idea! Sell your El Camino to me and I'll register it here in Rhode Island. In RI, if a vehicle is over ten years old there is no need to have a title in order to register it. After it's registered I can get a duplicate title for it from the state. Then I'll sell the Elky back to you with a Rhode Island title. You pay all the associated costs involved. Hmmm...I wonder if that's illegal?

Check with your local Department of Motor Vehicles. In Nevada I think you can publish an ad in the paper to make a "good faith" effort to contact the previous owner after which you can apply for a title in your own name.
The most direct (rather than devious effort) will work out best in the long term, I think.
Eric