So Much for Anonymity

Nov 15, 2004 6 Replies
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The current owner of the surviving BULLITT Mustang agreed to this interview in exchange for "total anonymity" - yet this dork publishes the guy's license plate number and the date of the registration. Gee, how long will it take someone with the right database access to figure out who he is?



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In 1972, a 24-year-old man got the bargain of a lifetime when he happened upon the Bullitt car, with documentation, for what he says was "an unbelievably low price." Because he is now a successful businessman and has no intention of selling the car or considering any offers, we had to promise him total anonymity in exchange for his cooperation -- we'll just call him "Joe."



Why do we believe this is the bona fide product? Well, Joe sent us several pages of documentation, including copies of the first owner's card (registered by Bob Ross on Dec. 14, 1968, license plate VVE 590) and the latest (registered by "Joe" in his home state on March 7,



1978, license plate 850 IPZ). Both cards give the vehicle identification number as 8R02S125559, which matches the number from the Warner Bros. letter.
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Good luck tracing some guy the tag he had on his car in 1978 without even knowing what state. So if you can search the registration records from each east coast state in 1978 you might get joe's name and address in 1978. From there you'll have to try and trace joe. Even more difficult will be finding where he's got the car stored. Good luck.

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You see that VIN? Think that will shorten the search process at all? ;)

That's a piece of cake. With the full name and a prior address, any skip tracer or private detective can find Joe's current address.

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Since the car hasn't been registered since 1978, probably not. Once the state is determined it would point to his address back in the 70s when he bought the car.

This article was written in 1990, 14 years ago. It's been on the net for years now. Nobody has found 'joe' or the car yet. Maybe you should take a crack at it :)

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Nobody seems to have claimed they 'found' the car yet.

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You should talk to Bill S...

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