Welcome to the site Salnat. Now being a car dealer, I can give you this thought. Ask the seller to scan the front of the title and emsail it to you. If it truly is a 1 owner then the purchase date will be from 1981. All state titles have a purchase date on them, usually on the upper right side. Now it may be a newer date, and have a "D" on it. This means the title is a * duplicate*,( meaning the original has been lost or ruined) and not the purchase date. If it has that, your out of luck. If I you want you can have the seller send the copy to me and I will try to decypher it for you.