surley this is an illegal practice because you dont actually own the documents well here in Ireland anyhow the licencing authority ie the county council owns the documents & when the car is scrapped or "injured in an accident" they want them back.
well, take this example: some time ago, i found a very interesting old car in a garage at summer house of a deceased father's friend. his decendants didn't know that he even had that car. therefore, after his death, it was not included when his assets were transfered to his relatives... see where this is going?
another example: it is illegal to import cars that do not meet euro3 emmision standards into Serbia. if i wanted really badly to import , for example, a pristine example of fiat 131, all i would need would be the papers and some handy work around numbers of chasis and engine. of course, no customs fees in that case
that rotten 132d i scrapped couple of weeks ago, i kept the papers and the part of chasis with numbers... it might come handy sometime
let's just say that it might come handy one day...
This is why I bought the papers for a 1968 Fiat 124 Special some time ago. You never know...
i sourced one special T with deceased owner some time ago, unfortunately it's quite a bit rotten and not worth the effort
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