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| | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,091 Authorized Pest | | Authorized Pest Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,091 | We got this question a while ago. Can anyone help this fellow?
My 57 Chevy was assembled in St. Louis. How can I find out what State and dealer it went to when it left the factory?
Thanks,
Peggy
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804"Charlie" - The Stovebolt FlagshipIn the Gallery"Success comes in 'cans' ..." | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | the resto kit info would be the only way, and I don't think the US kit usually has anything close to that specific .... I found out the dealer on a Canadian 57 panel I had, but I think that was because it was a special order Bill | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Sometime's a title search will tell where it came from. A few years ago I did a search on a truck and could only go back about 3 owners due to it probably coming from another state BUT sometimes you get lucky and find a good lead. You can also "back track", owner to owner, IF they can remember who/where each owner got it from. Doing this I know where my panel was made, where it went, who owned it,(decendants now live in Texas) and I got it from Florida. The original owners family request pics of it now an when, if ever, I get done with it. Hope this give some ideas.
Edit: each state charges a little for the title search. Probably about $10 now and I think you have to mail in your request. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 236 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 236 | Just pray that it wasn't California. Our DMV, in their infinite wisdom, purged all DMV records prior to 1972.
58 Fleetside, 235, "The Old Buckin' Bronco"
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 | NY and VA also have no records prior to 1972. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 64 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 64 | Due to privacy laws, many states won't give you access to the information even if they still have it. I have struck out regarding a vehicle purchased new in Idaho. I got some vague information regarding ownership from Missouri and as already mentioned, it is not available in California.
Joe | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Here in Illinois, I got stiffed with a lemon, a low milage used Firebird from a Chevy dealership. I tried to find the PO to see why they traded it in with such low milage and ran into the same thing, privacy laws kept me out. The only way I got the info was because I knew a State trooper and he went under the table and got it for me.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
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