Help needed to uncover the history of my Z

[Reverend]

Hiya.

I've had a 72 240Z for about half year now and im learning new all the time about this precious piece. I imported it from California and as far as i know it's been bought from Torvick's Datsun, Santa Rosa. I know the name of previous owner but he's not that helpful to provide me info about owners before him.

So my goal here is to find out how many owners this car had and hopefully some info about the past. Licence number is 609 FHK with california blue plates.

Here in Finland we can check all data just using licence number, but how's that in USA?

[Carl Beck]

Automobile Title and License Plate information are "Public Records". Since taxes were collected for license fee's they used to be open to the Public. However Federal Laws passed to protect "Personal Privacy" now cover them - and they are no longer open to the public. So it is no longer possible for individual citizens to research previous owners of a vehicle. Lawyers can gain access to the records with a Court Order if they are needed for a law suite, Police have access to the current records for law enforcement purposes.

[Reverend]

Bummer, so theres nothing to do then..?

[JonnyRock]

One of our members has an excel spreadsheet of many Z's along with current and sometimes past owners. It's unlikely to have the info you're looking for, but worth a shot. For the life of me I can't think of who it is...?

Anyone?

[ajmcforester]

Unfortunately with the ID crimes going on the information is hard to get. If you had any paperwork from prior owners that might be your best bet. Their are a lot of registry website for Z's, maybe you can get lucky. This is the best one I know of

http://www.zhome.com/IZCC/ZRegisters/

[Carl Beck]

Koalia: What is the VIN on your Z?

Carl B.

[mgood]

Here is the spread sheet.

http://www.editgrid.com/user/mlwilliams/Z_Car_Registry

[sblake01]

There are some problems in that spread sheet. My former Z, HLS30462153, is shown twice. But it's not a black 2+2, 4 speed in Amboy, IL., nor would anyone have it's engine compatment tag from the Sacremento, CA area Pick-N-Pull as shown on the spread sheet. I just saw it 3 weeks ago, alive and well with it's new onwer who resides in Burbank, CA less than an hour from where I live.

[ajmcforester]

There are some problems in that spread sheet. My former Z, HLS30462153, is shown twice. But it's not a black 2+2, 4 speed in Amboy, IL., nor would anyone have it's engine compatment tag from the Sacremento, CA area Pick-N-Pull as shown on the spread sheet. I just saw it 3 weeks ago, alive and well with it's new onwer who resides in Burbank, CA less than an hour from where I live.

Why don't you contact Carl Beck he tries really hard to keep that list accurate as possible. I don't know if he is the only one, he is the one I have dealt with. He also has records of people so he can contact the owner who submitted to see if their is a mistake.

[sblake01]

It really doesn't matter. I fixed it as I have before but it will probably get changed again. The way that spread sheet is set up, anyone can change it at anytime whether inadvertantly or on purpose.

Edited January 28, 2010 by sblake01

[Walter Moore]

Why don't you contact Carl Beck he tries really hard to keep that list accurate as possible. I don't know if he is the only one, he is the one I have dealt with. He also has records of people so he can contact the owner who submitted to see if their is a mistake.

Carl may be able to control the list on Zhome.com, but the spread sheet, the second link that Steve objected to, is pretty much open to anyone that signs in.

[MikeW]

Yes, fortunately or unfortunately the spreadsheet is open to anyone. I created it so that people can maintain their own data without having to depend on someone else to maintain it for them. Other people have taken it beyond what I started with by adding new columns and even color coding. If some data is bad it's quite likely that it was an accident by someone not being careful. It is possible to go back to older revisions of the spreadsheet but it would probably be quicker to fix mistakes as they're spotted.