Interpretation ID: nht90-2.34

TYPE: INTERPRETATION-NHTSA

DATE: 04/26/90

FROM: KENNETH E. TOMPOR -- AUTO BROKERS AND LEASING LTD

TO: STEPHEN P. WOOD -- NHTSA

TITLE: IMPORT OF 1985 FERRARI 288 GTO AS OF TODAY, APRIL 26, 1990

ATTACHMT: ATTACHED TO LETTER DATED 04/30/90 FROM STEPHEN P. WOOD -- NHTSA TO KENNETH E. TOMPOR; REDBOOK A35; PART 593; LETTER DATED 06/19/89 FROM KEN TOMPOR -- AUTO BROKERS AND LEASING TO JOSEPH THRASHER -- NEWPORT BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT

TEXT: IN 1988, I PURCHASED FROM A MR. RAYMOND DEANGELO IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA THE ABOVE MENTIONED FERRARI, SERIAL #54245. THE CAR WAS PAID FOR ON OCTOBER 10, 1988 AND WHILE TRANSPORTATION WAS BEING ARRANGED TO MYSELF IN MICHIGAN, MR. DEANGELO REMOVED THE V EHICLE FROM MY LOS ANGELES STORAGE AREA "AS HE CHANGED HIS MIND". THE VEHICLE AND MONIES HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED, AND AS YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED A LAWSUIT WAS INITIATED. MY COURT CASE AGAINST MR DEANGELO WILL BEGIN TUESDAY, MAY FIRST, IN FEDERAL COURT, AND I NEED AT THAT DATE A LETTER STATING THAT THAT VEHICLE TODAY CANNOT BE BROUGHT INTO THE UNITED STATES LEGALLY. WE ARE SUEING TO GET THE VEHICLE, NOT MONETARY DAMAGES, AND NEED TO SPECIFY THE UNIQUENESS OF IT IN THAT IT CANNOT BE REPLACED LEGALLY TODAY.

MR. TAYLOR VINSON HAS GIVEN ME YOUR NAME AND ASSURED ME THAT YOU WOULD BE SO KIND AS TO FURNISH ME WITH A LETTER TO SUBSTAINIATE THIS STATEMENT. I WOULD APPRECIATE FAX-BACK ON MONDAY 4-30, AS CASE BEGINS ON MAY 1, 1990 THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE, I REMAINI N 1988, I PURCHASED FROM A MR. RAYMOND DEANGELO IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA THE ABOVE MENTIONED FERRARI, SERIAL #54245. THE CAR WAS PAID FOR ON OCTOBER 10, 1988 AND WHILE TRANSPORTATION WAS BEING ARRANGED TO MYSELF IN MICHIGAN, MR. DEANGELO REMOVED THE VE HICLE FROM MY LOS ANGELES STORAGE AREA "AS HE CHANGED HIS MIND". THE VEHICLE AND MONIES HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED, AND AS YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED A LAWSUIT WAS INITIATED. MY COURT CASE AGAINST MR DEANGELO WILL BEGIN TUESDAY, MAY FIRST, IN FEDERAL COURT, AND I NEED AT THAT DATE A LETTER STATING THAT THAT VEHICLE TODAY CANNOT BE BROUGHT INTO THE UNITED STATES LEGALLY. WE ARE SUEING TO GET THE VEHICLE, NOT MONETARY DAMAGES, AND NEED TO SPECIFY THE UNIQUENESS OF IT IN THAT IT CANNOT BE REPLACED LEGALLY TODAY.

MR. TAYLOR VINSON HAS GIVEN ME YOUR NAME AND ASSURED ME THAT YOU WOULD BE SO KIND AS TO FURNISH ME WITH A LETTER TO SUBSTAINIATE THIS STATEMENT. I WOULD APPRECIATE FAX-BACK ON MONDAY 4-30, AS CASE BEGINS ON MAY 1, 1990 THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE, I REMAIN