S10 frame swap and title

[rrenner]

If I put my 58' on an S10 frame, how is that vehicle titled. Would it be titled using the valid S10 vin and title? I am thinking of this route to solve an issue with my 58' no having a valid vin. (See post "looking for some advice"). Thanks in advance!

[joedoh]

no matter how you end up titling it you will need papers on the 58 to show its not stolen. in kansas I had a 62 (bill of sale) on an s10 frame (title) and thats how they wanted to do it, give it the S10 title. but the 62 had a VIN they could research. without a VIN, you may only have parts.

[mongocanfly]

Same here..its the body vin they go by

[mr48chev]

If you have the title to the S-10 that means you own the chassis even if you don't have the title in your name. Solves that legal problem.

You may think about looking into what your state says on assembled vehicles. and then with The title to the S-10. bill of sale for the cab, bill of sale for the nose an another for the box you could say that you assembled the truck from parts bought from different sources. A lot of guys have built their trucks that way to begin with buying the cab somewhere and the bed somewhere else and getting a frame donor from somewhere else. Beats having a deer in the head light look with the dmv telling them that you had a truck with no title and swapped all the body parts over to the S-10 frame.

Personally I'd explore the other donor chassis options first before spending coin on an S-10. Possibly an 88 or up C-10 chassis so the wheels don't sit in half a mile in the wheel wells and look silly. Or a late 90's Dodge Dakota chassis after they went to 5 lug.