O.K. This one is gonna get you... I see the guy buying the truck is from Georgia. Titles were not issued in Georia to vehicles before 1963 and was an option until 1986. I dont know why the guy never got a title from the original owner but I bet you that all that GA required of the guy was a bill of sale. I bought my 1953 in Marietta Ga and all I got was a bill of sale, no title. Its never been titled. South Carolina requires a title to be exchanged everytime you buy a vehicle. I found out all this before I bought the truck. All SC required was the bill of sale and then SC titled it when I paid my taxes and registration fees. This may explain why there is no title. You can bet i talked to about a hundred people in Ga and SC D.M.V's befroe I bought the truck. What an experience!!