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Posted By Discussion Topic: Issue Matching Title # to Car -- page: 1 2 3     3w2 08-07-2020 @ 11:32 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 824 Joined: Oct 2009 Sorry for the confusion I created by thinking of '32s. i tend to have them on my brain at all times. The 18 prefix was used on all U.S.-built V8 Fords throughout the 1930s, except for a few '33s which carried a 40 prefix before reverting to the 18 prefix. MG 08-07-2020 @ 10:54 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1251 Joined: Nov 2009 JayChicago - The '18' in the serial number Ketronj has represents the 1932 Model Year. 1932 Ford aka Model 18.... Ketronj281989 08-07-2020 @ 7:12 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 143 Joined: Jul 2020 MG, The car is 1936. I will further investigate within the OH DMV Data Base. You bring up some great points. Hopefully they can shed some light on the matter. I have the factory serial number in hand now, so have at least one foot in the door should this possibly work. Jon Ketronj281989 08-07-2020 @ 7:08 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 143 Joined: Jul 2020 3w2, Thank you for the guidance on looking into the suggestion of making a new title from scratch. This may be the route I have to go. I did not know that about Ohio back then. Would sure make sense around that time period. This is a 1936 car, the transmission and front crossmember/fire wall area frame numbers match. They have never been altered, stars still present on both sets of number too. They are matching and original. Jon JayChicago 08-07-2020 @ 7:03 AM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 474 Joined: Jan 2016 His car is a '36. Don't understand how '32 came into this discussion to confuse the issue. Ketronj281989 08-07-2020 @ 7:02 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 143 Joined: Jul 2020 therunwaybehind, Thank you for sharing your experience and input on the matter. Jon Ketronj281989 08-07-2020 @ 7:01 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 143 Joined: Jul 2020 silverchief, I figured so at this stage of the game. I should of looked into the matter a little more seriously prior to purchasing the car. Thank you for sharing your experience, I will use this as a model while further progress is made on the title. Jon Ketronj281989 08-07-2020 @ 6:59 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 143 Joined: Jul 2020 juergen, I am thinking the same thing. This car came from a collection of 50 cars. Upon death of that owner several years ago, the daughters were in charge of the estate and sold this 1936 Ford to the person (2018) I purchased it from (2020). I may go the route of a re-title with matching serial number to this car if it comes down to fixing the problem. Thanks for your input. Jon MG 08-06-2020 @ 11:59 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1251 Joined: Nov 2009 You don't say what year your car is. Is it a '32 or a '36? Given the matching numbers on the frame and transmission, I suspect that a unique number was assigned to the car when the car was first registered in Ohio - a registration procedure unique to Ohio back in 1936. Maybe in the Ohio DMV Registration Data Base, if they input that number, a record of your car will appear which shows the actual serial number your car has - *18-2892373* . I recommend that you go to the Ohio DMV and quiz them as to the origin of the number on the title slip you have. 3w2 08-06-2020 @ 6:19 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 824 Joined: Oct 2009 The more I think about your situation, the more it begins to have the odor of "stolen car" about it. It is highly unusual to change the frame number when a later transmission is installed rather than change the number on the transmission and leave the original number on the frame untouched as that's the number it had been titled with originally. Someone was either incredibly stupid or had a reason to disconnect the car's identification from its original titled i.d. and if the latter, the #1 suspect for a reason would be grand theft auto unless the car is made up of major parts from various cars. This message was edited by 3w2 on 8-6-20 @ 6:23 PM

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