[dataway]

Wondering about my GTO that has been off the road for 35 years. Last registered and titled by me in Tenn. Still have the title and all, but NY is a non-title state for cars that old. But I DO NOT want to give up my original TN title .... which I heard you have to do to get a NY reggie. Wonder if they would allow a photocopy since at this point the 35 year old title I consider part of the provenance of the car and I would like to keep it. Rather than trade it for a crappy little piece of paper from NY.

[Held for Ransom]

Originally Posted by dataway

Wondering about my GTO that has been off the road for 35 years. Last registered and titled by me in Tenn. Still have the title and all, but NY is a non-title state for cars that old. But I DO NOT want to give up my original TN title .... which I heard you have to do to get a NY reggie. Wonder if they would allow a photocopy since at this point the 35 year old title I consider part of the provenance of the car and I would like to keep it. Rather than trade it for a crappy little piece of paper from NY.

Is it worth it to see if you can get a duplicate title from Tenn., saying you lost it during a move?

[dataway]

Originally Posted by Held for Ransom

Is it worth it to see if you can get a duplicate title from Tenn., saying you lost it during a move?

Jeez, not a bad idea.

Call me crazy, but for some reason I just don't want to give up the title to the first Pontiac I ever bought and replace it with a cheezy azz little piece of flimsy green paper that is a new York reggie

[importsmasher]

Originally Posted by dataway

Wondering about my GTO that has been off the road for 35 years. Last registered and titled by me in Tenn. Still have the title and all, but NY is a non-title state for cars that old. But I DO NOT want to give up my original TN title .... which I heard you have to do to get a NY reggie. Wonder if they would allow a photocopy since at this point the 35 year old title I consider part of the provenance of the car and I would like to keep it. Rather than trade it for a crappy little piece of paper from NY.

I understand the desire to keep the provenance of the car, but to me, the choice between keeping the vintage title or putting the car on the road would be a no brainer. When I moved to Utah, I had the Arizona title for my GTO from when I bought it from my parents; Utah DMV said they had to keep it, so I had them make me a copy of it. I am more interested in being able to drive it than having original paperwork for it.

My 2 cents....

Importsmasher

[72projectbird]

Originally Posted by dataway

Wondering about my GTO that has been off the road for 35 years. Last registered and titled by me in Tenn. Still have the title and all, but NY is a non-title state for cars that old. But I DO NOT want to give up my original TN title .... which I heard you have to do to get a NY reggie. Wonder if they would allow a photocopy since at this point the 35 year old title I consider part of the provenance of the car and I would like to keep it. Rather than trade it for a crappy little piece of paper from NY.

I've registered cars with certified copies of titles and registrations before. If you can get a copy of the TN title certified as true, you might be able to use that instead of the real deal.

Or just get really HQ copies of the TN title to keep for yourself if you have to turn the real one in.