[68 TT]

Originally Posted by 72freak

Registration is proof of ownership...it comes with VIN numbers......However...YES....no title is STUPID!

I agree. For the amount of money, time , blood and sweat we put into these trucks it is really dumb to start with one that has no title. There are plenty of them around with a clean title that will give you a whole lot of piece of mind vs. a truck with a questionable history or no documents to prove it is yours.

I would be afraid the last guy with the title for the truck would show up at my door and want his truck back after I had spent countless hours and dollars on it.

I had a Camaro for two years that I had a title for but when I got hit by a guy running a red light and the insurance company was looking it over they found it had mismatched VIN's. Turns out the car was stolen 20 years earlier and the dash VIN had been swapped with another Camaro of the same year. The VIN plate on the dash was held on with screws that were only visible when the dash pad was off the car. The insurance company that paid out the original claim 20 years earlier took the Camaro with no compensation to me what so ever.

Moral of the story, the last person with a legitimate title for the vehicle can take it from you at any time no matter what. A bill of sale from somebody who really doesn't own the vehicle legally or a title that really doesn't belong to that vehicle won't save you from the real owner with title in hand.