I made the mistake a few years ago of buying a 49 3800 5 window with no title. The old guy I bought it from said to take a VIN plate off one of my old parts pickups that had a title. Never considered that since it is illegal. I was told just to have the state HP come out and verify the VIN and make application. One problem, HP refuses to do this. It appears this thing can't be titled at all, in spite of various car people in this state telling me there is "nothing to it". I had got it as a possible project but is no point doing anything with it at all. I will never again buy something w/o a title. At least I didn't pay a bunch for it, is a bad deal.
Steve
My '38 came from ND. It never had a title. The HP wouldn't come to the farm so I loaded it on a trailer, took it to the DMV in Bismarck. I had the seller with me. They called a HP officer to come to the parking lot and do the verification. Turned out very easy to get the 1st title issued on this old truck.
