Georgia has a statute of limitations on the need for a title. I think it's 25 years. Georgia can track a VIN all the way back to the dealership at original sale. In my case, they went all the way back to Kenosha, Wi. when I bought an 85 from a junk yard and they would only give me a bill of sale marked "parts only". I had DMV run a check on it that showed it to be clean with no taxes owed or stolen reports. They allowed me to apply for a new title with my bill of sale and that report. I didn' t need the title, but I wanted it for history and in case it was sold to someone out of state.
I eventually got the original title, too. That story is documented elsewhere. I sold the car to Donster and he sold it to whiteandnerdy27 in NC.
The wing on that car looks like an Eclipse wing and the logo on the wheels looks like Subaru.
Before buying PYT (late 2016), I was looking at a Corson installed on a 1987 Fiero, which didn't have a title. It was a California car, where after 20 years, they didn't need a title to buy/sell/trade, and he'd lost the title in one of his moves.
I called the local Georgia tag office (Bartow county), and she stated per GA Code, you must have a title if the car is less than 30 years old. She ran the VIN and stated that it was clear (not stolen), but that either the owner would need to apply to the California DMV for a replacement title, I'd have to buy a bonded title, or I'd have to wait until 2018 (30 years plus 1 day) before registering it here in Georgia.
One of the Corson owners on Mad Mechanics also lived in a 20 year state (
after 20 years, like California, his state only required a bill of sale). He offered to "buy" the car for the cost of a local title, then "sell" the new title to me, so I could take it and get a new Georgia title. Apparently, there is a company that does the same thing for about $1000, and is one of the ways people can get titles for those old "barn / field finds" when the owner died years ago, and the grandkids don't have the paperwork.
Anyway, in my case, the owner decided to just list the Corson locally in California, as apparently that was easier than going to the Cali DMV.
