In Texas it is pretty easy. If he had the car titled in Texas under his name, all he has to do is go down to the state title place in Houston, show them an ID that matches the last known owner, pay like $10 and they give you a copy of the title in 10 minutes. If you have Adam's info pass it to me. If I can get a title, then I would be an interested buyer, but without a title, you can't do much with the car and a bonded title is a PITA