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Originally Posted by CompClassics
Why would Hasselrig have Al Abidin dying in the crash of 2049 at the Riverside crash in 1963? When in fact it was Paul Cunningham that died in the crash of 2049 a couple of months later at Willow Springs? Now we know Hasselrig promised to repair his car in 1967. As Ned had pointed out the photos dated March of 1967 was supposed to be when Hasselrig took possession of 2049 but in fact 2049 was being dropped off for repairs per the promissory note agreement. But then Al Abindin was supposedly dead already, but in fact Al Abidin did not die until 2014.
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All the paper work seems to indicate that Ann was the original owner, not Al. And all of the notes to purchase the wreck were between Ann and Hasselrig. So Ann seems like the person to bring as a witness regardless of whether Al was alive or not at the time.
It could be just a misunderstanding on Hasselrig's part about who died in the crash and what race it happened at.
It seems irrelevant what Al has to do with this. His mother was the original owner of the car and his mother sold the car to Hasselrig. So if you want to bring someone to court I would say bring Ann. She would be the one to verify or contradict the legitimacy of the paperwork, not her son. Ann would have been the one to go to the DMV with Hasselrig about the title.
Now back to wild speculation on my part (strictly for our entertainment purposes):
As I speculated earlier, what if Ann had sold the car to Paul around July or August of 1963 and given the paper title to Paul, but for whatever reason, Paul never got around to sending the title into the California DMV with his and Ann's signatures. As far as California is concerned Ann is still the legal title holder.
Plus if SAI asks the DMV who the title holder is, they will be told Ann in that case. And if Ann paid off the bank in August 1963, from the proceeds of the sale, guess what, the bank comes back and tells SAI that there is no bank lien on the car, Ann apparently owns it outright. In that case, SAI knows they can proceed with the mechanics lien against the person on record of owning the car outright, Ann Abidin (not Ann and the bank).
So now the weird part: why do Ann and Al go and pick up the car from SAI when notified that SAI is getting the mechanics lien? If I was Ann, I think I would just let it go to the mechanics lien and not worry about it. Unless ... she is worried that the Cunningham family is going to eventually come back after a while with the paper copy of the title that she signed over to Paul. And then the Cunningham family will be upset that Ann let the wreck go to the junk yard when after all maybe Paul's widow, brother, step son or daughter might want the wreck?
So maybe 3 years pass and Ann is tired of waiting for someone from the Cunningham family to show up with the paper title to collect the car from her. And there is some guy named Hasselrig who saw the wrecked Cobra under a tarp in Ann's backyard when he stopped by to do an autobody estimate on the damaged Abidin family Edsel stationwagon in the driveway. Maybe at that point Hasselrig convinces Ann to get a duplicate title from the state and sell him the car for $100 down and $400 on a promisory note that includes the condition to quickly fix the Edsel stationwagon. Luckily Ann's sister is a Notary public and can help with the paperwork.
Now given this situation, where Ann knows that she sold the car to Paul in 1963 and then later sold the car again to Hasselrig in 1967, do you think Ann would want to show up in court to testify about selling the car to Hasselrig under oath?
OR there is another possibility. Ann did not sell the car to Paul. She collected the wreck from SAI when notified of the potential mechanics lien. She was the first owner and sold it to Hasselrig in 1967 and Hasselrig was the second owner.
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