Boy do I feel stupid!

[RUDEDAWG]

Well, I finally went a head and put a down payment of $200.00 on a 54 chevy 5 window to hold it until I get the rest of the money. I bought this truck from an employee's dad and when I gave him the cash I asked if he had a title for it, He told me he did. Well it turned out that he has to get the title from his brother that has passed away a few years back. So I tried to check out the vin# my self to check if the truck is legit, turns out the vin plate looks original but some of the #'s are too rusty to read. Is there any body out there that can give me advice as to how I would go about titleing this, or should I just get my money back. I just hate to let this truck go because it is in extreemly nice shape.