We have discussed this many times on Stovebolt. Dozens of suggestions and opinions. Over and over. The only thing legal, moral, honest and correct is whatever the Missouri DMV says to do. Period. NOT what anyone here says or a friend or the mailman. You got yourself in this pinch and you have to now do what they say and spend the money and time to correct it.
Like I always say, NEVER buy a vehicle without a title.
We are not here to advise someone how to cheat, lie, trick or circumvent the law with donor plates and titles and we don't know the present, exact, acceptable method in Missouri.
People who steal vehicles, like some that have been stolen from members, get new VIN tags and titles and such to fake out the DMV. If you do any of that, you are in their category.


Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. - William Penn