I am trying to locate a 1967 Chevelle Malibu that was sold in Northeast IL. I found the bill of sale in some of my Dad's old folders (he was just ok at keeping receipts and stuff). As they are getting on in age, I would like to find the Chevelle that he owned back in the day.
If anyone has information on how to track this down, it would be greatly appreciated!:thumbsup:
At the time of him selling it, it was a 1967 Blue Chevelle with a 283 motor.
It had an automatic with a split bench seat. I don't remember the color of the seats cause we had seats covers, but those were a white and blue checkered pattern.
I do remember him trying to do a little rust fix on the driver side mirror, so under the mirror there was an obvious paint correction.
Older VINs work on the NMVTIS. My cars (that are registered) show up. And I found a 67 Chevelle that matches an engine that I own. But not all states participate.
I tried contacting the Illinois DMV back when I was trying to locate my L78 ‘67 and I was told by the DMV that they didn’t have records back that far, as I recall, plus they won’t share ownership information anyway due privacy laws. I may try that link tho!
I did the search of NMVTIS and no record was found. It costs nothing to check for a record, you only pay to get the information available if a record is found.
Some states don't participate, so you should still check with your state MVD.
I was checking the NMVTIS website, and the only place I found to enter VIN info was through the "partners", and it I kept getting the "VIN needs to be 17 characters" error messages...
It doesn't identify owners. It identifies states where a vehicle has been titled/registered and when. You have to contact the state.
This one told me the odometer wasn't accurate and identified the state as Ohio.
Ohio verified current title and registration after filled out a form with my personal ID after I agreed not to divulge the info. If something happens to the owner or car, Ohio knows where to find me.
I ran mine and all I got was the date it was registered last. Nothing else knew on my end. Mine was registered in 2008 by the guy I got it from this month. It did not list his name or any other owners.
This likely won't help since the car was initially sold in Illinois, but I'll mention it for general information as it might help those in other states. Here in Oregon we can request a Vehicle Title Report for $22.50. Older VINs are valid. It will not give previous owner's names or their address or city, only the month and year a title was issued. I was able to track my '67 Chevelle from it's original sale to my purchase. I had already found out the last four owners (one owned it two separate times). I'd spoken with three of the previous owners but they couldn't remember specially when they bought the car ... "um, maybe 2012 or 2013, I can't really remember". I wasn't asking for the exact date, but surprised they couldn't recall the specific year. With the title report I was able to connect the information to the previous owners. I find it interesting to know that information.
I may have tried that website before (as I recall), but when I put my car's VIN into search it simply says "NO MATCHES FOUND" or some such thing...drats!
If you didnt get any satisfaction with the vin search then you must follow the trail which takes a lot of leg work. Start with what happened to it when your father sold it. Who did he sell it to? That sale is approaching 30 years ago. The car could be on the other side of the country or it could have been junked or wrecked.
Due to the covid situation this is not a good time for the following but you could go to car shows in the area that surrounds the person your father sold the car to. Armed with pictures of the car approach Chevelle people and ask if they know anything about that car. It would not be uncommon for the car to be 50, 100, 200 miles away. As I said, lots of leg work.
This is how pops found his 64. Granted the sale was around the year 2000 but still. He just called up the guy he sold it to, and then called the next guy that purchased it...and there she was. 20 years it had only traveled 50 miles and changed hands once more
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