...... just seems a shame to junk a good title
That's the point. At this point it's not a good title. There are a lot of lawyers making a good living off of people using titles on vehicles that the title wasn't originally issued to. I understand you're saying it's the original title for that vehicle BUT that's your word against someone buying the truck then finding out there's no number on the truck matching the title. He said, she said. There are sites that will let you sell orphan titles. Stovebolt.com is not one of them because it's fraud. You might try getting a bonded title.