Have had a resto/rod shop in Texas for 30 years and two methods are the bonded title (listed in yellow pages) which runs from $100-$200 or the ten step procedure which costs very little but is time consuming. I don't have the list at home but some of the steps are: bills of sale for the frame, body, and engine; weight certificate from a certified scale; standard of safety affidavit; picture; a short note on why your doing it, and as David said a verification of the ID number by a police officer. The bad thing is it will be titled as a 2006 rebuilt, not what it actually is. I've found that taking the car on a trailer to the DMV along with all the paperwork is a good idea since the furtherest you will be run around is just to the parking lot and back, not 50 miles home and back. Be sure to have a notorised power of attorney to sign for any name that is on any paperwork. Once through the agony of initiation it's not so bad. Just remember all those DMV jokes have a basis.
