".......Looking to buy a 1934 Chevy in WI and want to register it in New York........ If the WI car has a title for a1937 will NY except it......"


Your kidding or this is a typo right???

A title for a 37 is NOT the title for a 34 and will not prove ownership.

Cars transferred on a bill of sale and registration are only acceptable if the state it's being transferred from transfers title in that manner.....and believe me NY DMV will check and see if WI is a title state.

From personal experience straightening out a title can be a huge PIA and some times a very expensive one.....even more so depending on how the state your titling it in treats "home built cars".

I've ended up with a few cars over the years that have had title problems (a couple I knew about going into the deal). On the ones I knew about my rule of thumb has been not to spend more on the car than I was comfortable losing if the problems could not be overcome. Best case is you end up with a car and having to resale to someone in a state that has more favorable titling laws or it it ends up being parted out.....losing money in either situation......the worst case is the State impounds the car.

One option that you could possibly explore would be a bonded title but those rules also vary state to state.


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