[Jeff Lee]

I had a race car rolling shell stolen from me once. It was an ex-Pro Stock '68 Barracuda notchback. I sold the car, he said he'd be over the next day with his trailer and then took 4+ weeks to come and get it from the apartment complex parking lot that I lived at. Of course he finally shows up, knocks on my door and want's to know where the car is. I told him "same place it was when you paid for it". Of course it wasn't, I looked like a thief and I felt like crap. But not enough to give him his money back.
So a year or two later my future wife and I and another couple were driving around Phoenix looking at the Christmas lights. I cut through a neighborhood and what do I see but the old 'Cuda sitting in a driveway! I called the guy I sold it at 1:30 in the morning to let him know what I found. He arrived the next morning with the Sheriff and his title and confiscated the car. Apparently it had bounced around a few owners since being stolen.
Now the new 5.38 Dana 60 was missing but there were now a lot of 440 parts in the trunk including a tunnel-ram, headers, solid roller valve-train, etc. The guy tried to tell the Sheriff that was never part of the car. "Too bad" said the Sheriff!
The rightful owner elected not to file charges and took his stuff home. I was exhonerated. Everybody was happy except a few thieves and their wortless bill of sale(s).

Now on your other problems, my friend Mark has his '70 Challenger D/S for sale also. It's on this site and Racing Junk also. Now Mark we wheels and deals in muscle cars all the time. He even has his own auction company. I can tell you this, he's more frustrated in trying to sell this stocker (his grandma is the original owner) than any 10 musclecars combined! And he does have title.
He's been flooded with questions starting with "what's the original engine" (no, I'm not an idiot and am not giving away an original HEMI Challenger with a 4-speed for $27,500, it's a factory 318 car w/ slap-stick auto), "What is the original color" (it was Burnt Orange Metallic, now it's Ford Bright Tangerine Mettalic), "What's the original interior color" (Burnt Orange, now black). Then they want to pick his brain for an hour and eventually it seems to come out that they've always fantasized about having a stocker & they seem to have one in the barn and "wouldn't it be cool if I built one of dem?"
One guy was "buying his plane ticket" to come buy the car. Then his "auto body man" called him and told him how rusty the car is and he cancelled the flight. Well, I guess you've never seen factory Burnt Orange Metallic paint still on the bottom of a car and when you see it in pictures you automatically assume it's all rusted up. Mark offered to pay for his flight if he could find rust an the car but that wan't good enough. The car has never been out of Arizona except to race.
So for those tire kickers, go price a mint rust-free, never even a parking lot ding Challenger body and then put a 440 stocker engine together with a 4-speed Jerico. Put a beautiful paint job on it. How quickly can you eat up $27,500? If you can do it cheaper, go do it. If not, give him a call. Like you said "For Sale", "Not on Sale"!
Yep Terrance, we feel your pain!