VIN 6054 has been abandoned on my property, does anyone know anything about this car?

[eagle-co94]

I'll start by saying that my house has high visibility and I'm known as the DeLorean guy in my area as I normally have 1-2 D's in the driveway. I get the strangest knocks on my door but about a year ago I had a knock and the guy was looking for parts. Lucky me. Long story short he bought an auto trans from me about a month later but left it with me. Nearly 6 months later he returned, asking if I could put it in his car. I said if he brought the car to me I'd do it if he paid me so he dropped the car off a few weeks later. Well that was about 2 months ago! All I know is that his first name is Paul and he works construction in the area. I've called his phone number and sent messages dozens of times for him to come get the car but I keep getting the "The person you are calling cannot accept calls at this time, we're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause" message.

I want to get this car out of my driveway as it's taking up what I have reserved as "my workspace." If anyone has any information on it, please let me know by posting or PM so I can track this guy down. If you don't feel comfortable giving me his information, can you please contact them and relay my phone number (given by PM)?

I walked into my local police department and the license plate that expired in 1997 doesn't come back to anything and neither does the VIN. My next stop is the tag office but I think they'll have even less information. Anyone with a connection in law enforcement that wouldn't mind looking up the info would be great too.

Here's the car for anyone curious how bad it looks. The roof panel has some serious rust and the passenger door is jammed shut, misaligned with the strikers.

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[Jimmyvonviggle]

Maybe it's like in the olden days when people would leave a baby they knew they couldn't take care of on someone's porch.

[OverlandMan]

Maybe it's like in the olden days when people would leave a baby they knew they couldn't take care of on someone's porch.

Looks like a $20k project car to me!

[dn010]

You can try an inmate search in your area and see if the picture matches the person, then at least you could rule that route out...

[David T]

You can try an inmate search in your area and see if the picture matches the person, then at least you could rule that route out...

With possession being 9/10 of the law maybe you can own it! Each State has rules and laws on how you can own abandoned property. For instance if you are a garage and did work on a car and the owner never pays you for it you can put a lien on the car. In other States you can also charge storage and auction the car for your charges. Talk to the local police and find out what to do. It may work out that you can put the transmission into the car, get it to move and auction it off. It is worth a lot more if it moves and you have the transmission to put in.

[alexwolf1216]

Looks like a $20k project car to me!

Exactly what I was thinking

[Andrew]

It's really odd that he would just abandon the car, espicially if he already paid for the transmission. Did he say how long he owned the car? If the title is in his name, the DMV / Secretary of State should be able to at least provide you with his full name. However, if the car has changed hands since it was last titled it might be more difficult to track him down.

Best of luck!

[StainlessBullet]

Did you check the glove box for the registration? That's pretty odd someone would leave a car like that.

[Jonathan]

Maybe it's like in the olden days when people would leave a baby they knew they couldn't take care of on someone's porch.

Hahahahaha!! Nice!!

James is running a "DeLorphanage"!!!

[Dangermouse]

Hahahahaha!! Nice!!

James is running a "DeLorphanage"!!!

Very good