yep, original 216 with the HBM52478 engine serial number. and the state of tx used the HBM number as the serial number for giving it a number for an inspection sticker of road worthiness. and i'm guessing at that time, the pillar plate was still painted over and ignored. and since there is no actual title, the 2HP number shows up as the vehicle's 'vin' number on a sales receipt. and no, wv doesn't do bonded titles. and in the meantime, i slowly wiped the paint off of the plate, and lo and behold, there's an actual chevy plate under all that paint. so, fraud appears to be out of the question. but it makes me scratch my head as to why tx wouldn't allow the guy to file for a lost title, and get a tx title since he had the plate serial number on the truck. i do know that wv will not let me get a title with what i have/receipts. i checked twice just to be sure
thanks for the support
