he is not trying to move a stolen vehicle. his truck cab has a serial# plate on it, it's just that the title has long since disapeared from 1948, go figure. as long as he can show continuity of ownership thats what really matters. the system has been intensified now for all us honest folks and we're now having to pay the price for actual smuggers who steal cars and ship them overseas. you used to be able to buy a cab & frt sheet metal, call it parts and ship it abroad and bolt it to another chassis, ie building of a hot rod. he is certainly not trying to do anything illegal, he's just trying to cut through this latest introduction of red tape. once his truck is built it will have to pass a mechanical check and he will have to show his paper trail which serial# is noted. like i said before there's nothing illegal here, i'm just trying to helpd a friend who is now running against the clock with this latest bureaucratic BS to now deal with.
welcome to the world of the paranoid!
isn't it amazing what we have to go through and to deal with to get the old iron rolling again. talk about dedication