Need advice on tracking down my old fastback

Do you have a friend with the motor vehicle department (vehicle registration)?

I know that in Texas, they can search VIN numbers to check ownership or verify if a car was stolen (even on 1981 and prior years).

The search would probably need to include several adjoining states. If the car was registered by the current owner or even had the title transferred within recent years, the VIN should show up in the registration database.

That failing, you could publish the VIN in a collector car site or even the newspaper asking for information about it.

What state are you in?

What state do you think the car is in?

I did some research on the past 2 Mustangs I purchased and I was able to contact Motor Vehicle is 3 different states, fill out some paper work regarding the Car and it's vin number and I did get back some useful info. I believe they called it a Vehicle History Report.

Good luck, it will take some time.

Let us know what you find out.

TTT. Good advice on the VIN, good thing you held onto it.

Any other methods besides VIN? I'd love to find my Dad's '71 Camaro SS/RS he bought new and traded in '79. No idea what the VIN was. Thinking about going to the dealer and seeing if by any slim chance they still have sales records from '71?