sold a '77 c10. can someone answer a question???

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ok so i bought a '77 c10 back in december. got an out of state inspection, titled in ohio, and registered with plates. had it for a few months and decided to sell it. put it on a few forums and a dude contacted me. he sent me a check then came and picked the truck up a couple weeks later (bout 3 weeks ago). before he came to get the truck, i wrote his info on the back of the title and got it notarized. so he took the truck and the clear title. all was good and he drove it back to Missouri.

then i get a call on friday. he is trying to get an out of state inspection but it will not pass because there is no vin# on the dash, just one inside the driver's door. when i got it titled, the girl that did the out of state inspection didn't care and just looked at the door. apparently she wasn't supposed to do that. well i guess there is also a serial number on the frame that has the last half of it is scratched out. but the first part does not match the first part of the vin# on the door.

i guess it's possible the truck could have been stolen but what i think happened is the dude i got the truck from or someone before him got a cab a frame and maybe a motor and put all of that together and that's why vin #'s don't match. if it was stolen, wouldn't the vin# have came up at the DMV by my house saying it was stolen?

the title place i went to here in Ohio said i should contact the state trooper here in ohio and maybe the one in missouri to see what they say. worst case scenario i could think is that the truck will have to come back here for an inspection, at least i hope that is the worst. but i would think he could get a salvage title or a kit car title or some kind of title since the vin# is missing on the dash. i have no idea. i'll be calling the state troopers today. but does anyone here have any idea how this dude can get this titled and registered? thanks for reading my novel. i'm sure this has had to have happened to someone on here.