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As RacerX is pointing out you'll need to talk to DMV eventually unless you want to try to cut up the remaining metal and sell it directly to a scrap yard. Your local DMV people will know. Best to just call and talk directly to a real person.

I work for a company that makes the sort of hollow metal doors that you usually see as security doors on the sides of buildings or entrances to schools and such. We have a scrap metal dumpster behind the shop. When the time comes I can just bring bits in over time until it's gone.

Another interesting thing about the Z in the ditch is that the video is a rally video. There was a copilot giving instructions about the the course. So, kind of embarrassing that a Z is in the ditch but all of those odd looking other cars stream on by. The copilot gave poor instructions or the driver didn't handle the car well. Also interesting that it went in nose first, not back end first, as far as you can tell. Kind of looks like they just drove right off the edge and in to the ditch. Anyway, another Z makes the new world of Youtube videos. Too bad there's no footage of it driving before it ended up there. Maybe it wasn't actually in the event.

The irony here is extreme.

I’ve actually cut up a few cars to avoid the paperwork hassle too. Still a bit of bother, as you can’t reduce an entire car to a pickup load and get the scrapyard to take it, so several trips, with a fender, door, a hood, then another with a few more bits, etc.

And last but not least, make sure you top up your wiring smoke and blinker fluid.

So sort of, on all points. My experience has simply been I have had vehicles that didn’t have titles, that I wanted a title for, or I had a vehicle without a title I wanted to scrap. The salvage yard wouldn’t take them without a title, or at least an affidavit of lost title. For the former, an affidavit is filled out and submitted at a vehicle license agency. A search is conducted using the VIN, and if it turns up no liens or registration records, a new title is issued. For the latter, an affidavit is filled out, and you call the sheriff. The sheriff comes by, inspects the vehicle, calls in the VIN (if it has one), and if it comes back clear, you get a document that allows the scrapyard to accept the car as scrap without concern about illegal activity.

Fat fingers/autocorrect. Should be “lost”. Sorry, eh?

I almost bought a car with no title from a guy in Washington. He wanted to meet me at the DMV where he would show various documents to apply for a "lost" title. Maybe that's what RacerX meant. I declined though, (luckily, since it was a real turd and I found a much better car later) since with a lost title you need to have people attest to the fact that they know that the title was lost and that they can attest to the chain of ownership. If it turns out later that it wasn't then there's a mess that you have to resolve. Like if somebody dragged an old car from a field and sold it then the real owner showed up later. Unfortunately Reptoid there is a real chance that you bought a car that was, in essence, stolen. Probably not, but who knows.

p.s. and just wondering - have you ever raced a car? Or driven it to the edge on a country road? Can't really tell from your posts, they seem more intellectual and related to what seems to be your profession, which seems to be professional photography. No sign that you've done much driving of the extreme type.

Thanks HS30. I posted the picture and the question so that people who know could confirm either way. Good information with an insult added for flavor. As usual.

What is a list title? I've titled and licensed a couple of cars in Wa. and Or. What a pain in the arse. Is there a short cut?

That's just a perspective/lens distortion phenomenon. Two hood pin type fixings can be seen on the edges of the tailgate. It has a Works replica 'J' country plate (in keeping with many Works lookalike/replica/tribute 240Z/260Z rally cars) and 'Standard' type bumpers Edit: Looking at the zoomed image I believe I can see normal 'Deluxe' rubber corner strips on the bumper. There's the perspective/lens distortion effect on the bumper too. Monday Morning Quarterbacking (driving/navigating) there. This stuff is not as easy as it might look. Many a good driver has ended up in the Ypres cabbage fields. Anyway, the license plate of the car is quite clearly visible. 'TTU 858H' is an example of a retrospective 'period' registration for 1969/70, given to 'Historic' class cars which have been recently imported to the United Kingdom. The UK vehicle licensing agency will award a 'period sympathetic' license number to such cars and they are allowed to run the period silver on black plate format. The car checks out on the UK government's vehicle licensing system (freely searchable) and will most likely be a 1970 Datsun 240Z imported from north America and modified for historic rallying in the UK and Europe.

I agree it is difficult to tell, the screen grab from the video is poor. But I see what looks like pins for the hatch, so that explains why no button is visible. The apparent width of the front end is an illusion from the camera angle. I’m still convinced it is a Z.

The front of the car seems too wide, wider than the rear. I looked for other small clues but they might have been modified away. There is no hatch release button visible. Can't see the emblems on the quarter panels. The rear bumper seems too thick and has no rubber "nerf" bumpers on it. It's just a very straight and flat piece of chrome. I've seen other European cars that look similar to the big brands. Just couldn't be 100% on this picture. There's probably a writeup of the even somewhere that has the cars listed. Bummer that the car ended up in the ditch. Doesn't look like that difficult of a turn. You can see the ditch way before you get close.

someone had the cam out of that thing. I see 4 dots on the cam support so they could get the towers back in the correct spot.

The more cars we scrap.. the higher the value is of the survivors! SO SCRAP THAT THING!

Who’s a good sway bar? That’s right! You’re a good sway bar!

I've harvested the brake lines and steering gear for my running car. Also pulled the fuel tank and put it in a dry place for possible future use. As parts get used the prospect of titling get further away.

I had a similar thought. Check to see what the process for getting a title is in your state.