[67ChevyRedneck]

I've had to have the title corrected on two different vehicles.

When I moved to SC the DMV changed a "5" to an "S" which I didn't notice until years later. I brought the title and pics of my vin and glovebox to DMV and was polite with the DMV person, explained the error, and got a new title.

The other was a pain in the butt... I had a budget for a first gen mustang... found a rust free original Ford panels car (which after a year of looking I determined is damn near impossible on my side of the country) so I went a good bit above budget and took out a small loan. Paid it off a few months later and wanted my title. DMV wouldn't release it to me because they didn't match. After weeks of going back and forth it was finally determined on their paperwork someone put an "O" where a zero should have been, which wasn't really noticable on a printout, but the computer was picking it up as a discrepancy? Finally got that taken care of.

My point? It happens, so he should be able to get it cleared up with an hour or so at the DMV.

Get the current owner to take care of it. If he wants to get paid, he needs to do some legwork. Also, check that frame out really good... if the body was scrapped because of rust, I'd want to take a close look at the frame. Check the crossmember connections, especially in the back, it may have been a "northern" truck.