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In Minnesota, for a while back in the 70's/80's , if you titled a dead old vehicle they did not care about the numbers on the frame or motor, they just assigned a new VIN number like Charlie shows in the post above. It was an aluminum plate with adhesive on it, and two spots marked where you were supposed to drive in some twisty nails or rivots to make it permanent. Problem is many times the vehicle is under restoration, and folks want to wait until the frame is done, or whatever, and then it gets lost or forgotten about and never installed. I've had several old cars that show a modern 17 digit number on the title, and yet that tag is not present, because they never put it on. Probably left it in one of those "special places "where it wont get lost. Of coarse, I would never do that...well, maybe, well, only once...well, maybe more than once...end of discussion.