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===Oregon=== Getting a title in Oregon is not too difficult if everything is in order. Keep all your receipts if you are building the car from the ground up. If you have no documentation for ownership of the car, you need these receipts. They will check places where VIN is hidden by the factory like on the frame. Actually Chevrolet didn't have VIN until 1950, but used a thin piece of metal with a series number placed under the drivers floor carpet, which is the first thing to rot away. If no numbers are visible, they will check to make sure that the frame is original to the vehicle, and not aftermarket. If it's aftermarket, you need a receipt. Same with a aftermarket body. You need a receipt, point of origin, bill of sale, then they will enter this information into their computer base and if its clear, you will be issued a form to take to DMV to get a sticker with a new VIN. then you need to stamp those numbers somewhere on the frame, so if the vehicle is ever stolen, you can identify where its stamped so they will know where to look. Even if the numbers are ground off, they can still find them. If you are trying to register a car from another state, they just look for the VIN number and verify it with the title you are presenting. Update: According to who you have to deal with at a DMV, getting past them can be a real difficult. After getting the OK from the state police who issued the certificate for a VIN number, I went to the DMV, expecting a normal transaction. They handed me 5 pages of forms to fill out, wanting to know how I came to own the car, all the receipts, pictures. I did that, then back to the DMV, got a different person. 3 more pages of forms, did that. Then they wanted copies of EVERY receipt I had, probably 500 pages. Finally after some talking, I convinced the guy that the state police had already seen all these receipts and that if it's good enough for them it should be good enough for the DMV, so he settled for copies of the major components: engine, tranny, rear end, etc. Then he issued a VIN sticker. And you have to have the car there so THEY can apply the sticker. Then they issue you a 90 day trip permit so a special committee can review everything, but I don't expect a problem from them. The whole idea is to document the car as much as possible, like photos of the build process. Keep EVERY receipt you get. Remember they are there to make sure this vehicle isn't stolen and they will do everything to find out if it is. ====More info:==== In Oregon vehicles were titled by engine number until 1955, then the vehicle was assigned a VIN to frame and body. The change was made due to motors being changed as they wore out. All vehicles made prior to 1955 are very easy to obtain a title for. Simply produce a bill of sale or a title to vehicle with a VIN inspection done by Oregon State Police or any law enforcement officer or a DMV investigator and a 550 form (obtained at DMV). All these are taken to the DMV and a VIN will be assigned.
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