[Zeke]

The reason for salvage titles is obvious until it doesn't work. In my case 4000K worth of damage to my truck gave me a salvage title. If I had a new(er) truck, that wouldn't have happened. Same damage on various vehicles produces different results. Where's the parity in that?

AFA theft recovery, that's a plausible answer as to why the '70 E has a salvage title. So, no wreck, a perfect car and it has to have a salvage title. Well, that's BS to me. However, if we didn't have these laws, the crooks would be running more rampant than they already are.

Seems to me that an "appeal" to the title would be a fair thing. Let us know if you find out anything. And, according to Grady Clay, for money, the CA DMV will do a deep search on the car.

In conclusion, if the car does not have an original engine, or trans, or has had an extraordinary repair that cannot be detected, it might still be best that these laws are the way they are. It wasn't fair to me, but maybe next time it will work for me.

I'd buy a salvage car in a heartbeat IF I could determine why the ST and IF I could get comprehensive and collision ins, which thru my current ins co (USAA), I can't.