CR title question (I have updated info)

[Ron61]

Jim,

You will receive a clear title so far as you doing anything wrong and any fraud charges will go back to the name on the sales slip. Check the VIN number and see what it breaks down into. If you get stopped for any reason and they run the plates, it is going to be hard to convince them that you have a 1965 Ford. But asI said, the dealer who sells the car will be the one they will go after for fraud if the worst should happen. You would only be required to re-register it under SB-1578, one of those 500 numbers again, and pay any applicable taxes.
I would take the dealers papers and go to your DMV and talk to them. That way you will know for sure just what is ok and what isn't. To many different interpretations between DMVs in this state as to what is legal and what isn't any more. The DMV itself used to sell numbers until they found out only the CHP can issue a VIN number. That was many years ago. Most of your problem solving will depend on the DMV person that you talk to. And make sure that the price isn't listed at some ridiculously low figure as that will set off alarms. The taxes on the true value of the car are what they want most. To many people back then with $30K cars turned in sales slips with $15K or so on them.

Ron