State Laws on Assigned VIN numbers....

[Revved]

I'm finishing up a build where the client provided a shell purchased from an auction without a physical VIN on the chassis. Typical deal... Mustang where someone had replaced the aprons and not transferred the VIN's over. The car was legally obtained and the client knew that at some point before the vehicle was finished he would have to deal with the VIN issue... and here we are.

From my understanding Texas (where I am located) issues a generically assigned VIN number, but I don't know if they title the vehicle as what the shell originally was... i.e. 67 Mustang. Texas has changed this process multiple times in the last few years that I've been paying attention so I don't officially even know what the current policy is and which department is handling this now. I saw something on the SEMA blotter that Texas is in process of changing this policy again... so time for more phone calls to the DMV and TXDOT...

The client lives overseas and is now informing me that for him to import the vehicle the title must be issued with the correct year and model.

So my question is twofold..... Has anyone been through this recently in Texas? Secondly, are there other states where year correct State assigned VIN numbers are being issued?

With the number of Mustangs especially having VINs only stamped on the upper aprons, and the aprons being commonly changed out for rust or collision, I'm sure this is becoming a common occurence.