If you are or ever going to buy a car in Va. read this

Just left the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles after getting a title transfer for my 72 Duster resto project I have. Old title clearly states that the owner before me paid very little for the car by the amount of sales tax he paid during the title transfer for him. Lady looks at title and amount that I paid for car and starts asking questions. Car have a/c? no i said. 318 Car? no 340 car.
Air Grabber hood? I said I wish, because it would be the only one ever built by the factory. By now I know something is going on. It's been years since I transfer a title for a parts car or resto project, but I never expected this...
sir, Blue book value on this car is a low of $16,000 and a high of $37000.
Wow, i said, what is your point? The point is what you said you paid for the car is nowhere near that. Yep, the car was pulled from a garage, barn or whatever and is a long term project, and in current condition is not worth much more that what i paid for it. Long story short, I had to pay the state sale tax on $ 16000 on a resto project.. What a flipping ripoff!!! My only recourse is too track down seller, and have him sign bill of sale stating he sold car for x amount and me to also sign it and send it to Richmond to hopefully get reimbursed, by certified mail the DMV clerk said i should do.

If you buy a resto project in this state, you must provide a bill of sale to the DMV stating that you only paid x amount for your shitbox not the restored price of some bullshit NADA. and by the way, has anyone ever heard of of a 1972 Duster 340 going for blue books $37000.00? I would love to see that car.... Like it even existed...:banghead:


Va DMV bill of sale form is SUT1 because you know if you show up with some bill of sale written on a piece of paper, it will most likely be rejected.