Building a Speedster Questions..?? Help Please..

[mjr67]

I am thinking of building a Model A speedster... Nothing too fancy.... I thought it might be fun and I could add a body later if I wanted.

I have a couple of questions about the speedster build...

1. I am currently working on an engine I picked up pretty cheap last fall and might be able to use it for the build. Would this engine fit all Model A car chassis?

2. Budget is low and I see rolling chassis come up at a pretty good price both with and without an engine... All that I've seen don't come with a title...I would assume that most of these titles were either lost long ago or used on another build...

Any advice on using one of these non-titled chassis for a speedster build?
Could I go the the Michigan SOS and have them check a VIN to see if it's already titled to someone else?


[B]Upon looking at the Michigan SOS website I found this on obtaining a title for a vehicle:

http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7...806--F,00.html

Section 3 is as follows:


As a last resort when a Michigan vehicle title has been lost, destroyed, or stolen and the purchaser is unable to contact the previous owner for a duplicate title, a Michigan resident can self-certify ownership at a Secretary of State branch office if the vehicle is ten or more years old and valued at $2,500 or less. The self-certification procedure cannot be used for vehicles titled in another state or by nonresidents.

You will need to submit:

a) A completed TR-205 Certification of Ownership (available on-line at all Secretary of State offices) stating you are the rightful owner of the vehicle and including the vehicle description, the true value of the vehicle, and a complete explanation of how, when, where, and from whom the vehicle was acquired; and

b) Either of the following:

A vehicle value appraisal completed by a licensed Michigan dealer, or
A page printed from an on-line appraisal service such as Kelly Blue Book, N.A.D.A. Guides, Edmunds, etc. (www.kbb.com, www.nadaguides.com, www.edmunds.com).
On-line appraisal sites may provide multiple vehicle values (wholesale value, trade-in value, and retail value). Any of these values showing a value of $2,500 or less may be accepted.

Thanks to all,
Mike