texas title issues revisited

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Rc, The frame and body were Everette Morrison. The problem is the frames and bodies were being built by a guy in Florida and then shipped to Texas to be finished by EM or so I have been told. Once they finished out the frame and body then they put the tags on the body and stamped the frame with a number i.e. em427blah blah blah. When you purchased a kit you got a COM from them.

I was also told that they sold some frames and bodies unfinished to go to mexico to a builder down there. Those frames and bodies were not stamped or tagged in any way since they were leaving the country and we all know how the DMV works in mexico...lol. I am probably the fourth or fifth or sixth owner of the frame and body. There are no numbers anywhere on the frame, no tags on the body.

With that being said TXDOT classifies it as home built...period. There for I cannot get a title until they develop some sort of inspection program for homebuilt vehicles to assure that its been assembled correctly and has all the needed safety items i.e. brakes and stupid stuff like that...lol. Heard in a movie one time..."BRAKES? WE DONT NEED NO STINKIN' BRAKES!!!!!". So there you have the rest of the story.

So anyone out there reading this thread. Make sure if you buy a frame and body someone couldn't finish that it at least has a number or you get the COM from the previous buyer. They supervisor at TXDOT here told me if the frame had any numbers on it he could probably get it done with that...HINT HINT HINT. Pay close attention to my last sentence.

Rc....thanks for the info on the new manual. It has some new info that might be of help.