If it has a current title, it should be possible to track the
ownership.  If it was, in fact, a former U.S. Military vehicle and the
gov't was the importer, that should show up and re-titling it shouldn't
be a problem.  At least in MA, not having plates does not imply
anything about the title (I have a clear title on Reinhardt, but he
hasn't been registered with plates for 4 years.)

Maynard
'86 DoubleCab Diesel "Col. Potter"
'02 EV GLS "AMPvan"
'00 Golf GLS TDI "WooHoo"
'82 Westy Diesel "Reinhardt"

On Friday, August 01, 2003 2:14 PM, Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM> wrote:
> In a message dated 8/1/2003 8:38:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> fourwdvw@YAHOO.COM writes:
>
> > As others have said, the listing itself is a little
> > worrisome. I wondered about titling when I saw that it
> > carried no plates- but he drive it for a year as it
> > says in the ebay listing? No ebay history, and do not
> > use email to contact him?
>
> Well one year is exactly how long you can drive a vehicle in the
> before the
> Feds require you to get it out, crush it for parts, or certify it for
> local
> consumption. Depending on price it can still be worth the money even
> as parts. If
> you look at the first bid, that was mine. Just kickin' the tires.
>
> BenT