Tracking down an old car

[shepv8]

Gday all.
Im trying to locate an old car i owned about 12 years ago. I just dug up the chassis engine numbers but i dont know how to use them to find the current owners or have my details passed on to them saying i want to buy it. Has anyone had any success tracking down a car. I know there are freedom of information laws and also privacy laws but if anyone has an idea id love to hear it.
Cheers
Shepi

[anto]

I tracked down my old apollo blue XBGT in perth, and actually just paid a deposit on it last night

I knew someone in reg dept that pulled up all the info from the plate number and gave me a name which I used to tracked down the brother of the guy who passed on my info on. Several years later he contacted me but said he was not selling.
Jump ahead a few years I randomly punched in apollo blue xbgt in google and a gumtree ad popped up first on the list and when I opened it i instantly recognized the chassis number, huzzah my old car....talk about timing. It was the brother in law of the guy I sold it to and after chatting a bit, to his credit he really wanted me to have the car back and even accomodated me on the price...there are still some decent blokes around.
Its been a bit of a journey since then but the deal is finaly done.
Funny thing is I knew I would get it back someday, just had that feeling of inevitability. I still had the original engine that I pulled from the car when i fitted a tougher one some 16 yearss ago .

I was kind of lucky in a way as the guy had a unique surname that made it a little easier to find him or someone related...

[fasty73]

I want my old 1977 black trans am back, sold on me without my permission 3 year ago in qld had GB 11 AD NSW plates on it.

[Trevor 57]

The Registry people will not give it to you, it breaks all the confidentailitly rules, other than that there is no real way to track it down.