NY registrations that can be transfered will have a space on the back to transfer the vehicle to the new owner, later titled cars have registrations marked non transferable.

You wil never get NY to issue a title for the car as they never had one.

The old signed registration and a written and signed bill of sale is all that would be required in NY.

Try again in FLA and if you are lucky you may get someone in DMV that knows what they are talking about.

Also search the NY DMV web site, I remember seeing title vs year info there

http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/broch/c18.htm

Why some states make it so ridiculous is beyond me, why can't they understand people buy these cars from junk yards and they may have been sitting 20-40 years or so, restore them and want to rejuvenate something from the dead, and these idiots expect you have a title for something like that.

Indiana scrap dealers are supposed to have titles supplied when scrapping a car.  A couple years ago a young man helped me clean up the barnyard of old farm equipment, and there was an old car there, but no title.  He said the scrap dealer could take it if it was not in runnable condition, and promptly bashed the top in with his tractor scoop, and hauled it away.  No problem.  I was afraid I was going to have to cut it up in small pieces to junk it. 

I found the following information at:

http://www.dmv.org/fl-florida/title-transfers.php

Notice paragraph 5 mentions additional fees for cars from states other than Florida. That indicates to me they have a method inplace to solve your problem. I also sent a query to Florida DMV.

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1. Get a bill of sale so sales tax can be properly calculated.
2. Have the seller fill out the odometer reading (double check this) and sales price.
3. Both of you sign and date the title.
4. Take your insurance card or a Florida insurance affidavit in to a tax collector’s office.
5. Pay $75.25 for a car previously registered in Florida; an additional $2.50 is charged if you need a paper title and $2 should you need to record a lien. Other fees apply if it’s from another state. Expedited service is available at some locations for $10 extra.
6. Don’t forget to take your ID and be prepared to register your car, too.

Check this out. Hope it helps!

New Hampshire is a bill of sale state for anything over 15 years old. Sounds great as long as you don't move out of state or even worse sell a car out of state. Then its stress all the way. Not only do they not issue titles (even for purpose of out of state sales) they require you to turn in any title on a car that you register in state that has one.

I think they are trying to rid the roads of these dangerous old polluters by making intrastate transfers difficult. Talks to the DMV folks at the state level not local. Chuck in NH

http://www.semasan.com/main/main.aspx?id=62843

HOPE THIS HELPS TOM

Old Yblock

Kerrville, Texas

My grandfather gave me his 56, he didn't offer a title but I also haven't asked yet.  I sure hope he has one laying around somewhere, the car was registered last in the 70's.

http://www.semasan.com/images/pdf/SAN-2010-12-Titling-Reg-Complete-WI.pdf

Reading this will tell you what you need or need to do in Wisconsin. Chuck in NH

P.S ... don't tick off DMV, been their, done that.... Did not help at all. Just cost me more $, time and grief.

bob

I know that I bought my car with a title (purchased from Missouri through a dealer, but it was a Colorado car), and while I still have a copy of it NYS took the original, and they won't issue a title in return, with everything already mentioned about transferable registration being true.