Talk to other old car guys in the area. They have probably solved this problem before! When I was in Texas with my New Hampshire, BIll of Sale only 41 Ford they went nuts until I found a guy that new the ropes. Chuck in NH (A bill of sale state)

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Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Get in contact with your state legislator for the district you live in and tell them you are being given the run around with the registration and see if they can fix it for you. Seems like the guy you bought it from is going to be a dead end. I would get a certified bill of sale from your friendin case you need it and it seems like you might. But, you could move to another state.

55Birdman  Hickory NC

I called the motor vehicle department and they told me they can not give me any information on the car, they said it is private. I told them I got the car from a friend and he has no registration. They told me that I have to find out who he got the car from to get a registration.

Timmy,

The 10 character set of figures and letters beginning with U5 is the VIN for a 55 Ford.All Fords of that era have a 10 character VIN.The U indicates that the car left the factory with a 272 engine and the 5 indicates that it's a 1955 model.Everything else on the data plate is the info about how the car was originally equipped and do not have anything to do with the VIN.

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO

This could be due to the age of the vehicle. Call your local DMV for advice! Here in NH we don't have titles for vehicles over 10 years old. In fact if you register an older vehicle here and have the title they want to take it! Can make it hard to resell in certain states. Copy down all the codes and numbers on the data plate and put them in (could work) Chuck in NH

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Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

I entered a 10 charicter number and it said the number had to be longer and it started with u

Yes,that set of numbers that begin with U is the VIN.

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO

I had a friend look on the frame below the battery box and he could not see any number but on the drivers side when you open the dor there is a number that starts with u 10 symbols long and on the tag there is also production code and some other codes is the 10 symbol number the vin one?

The VIN is stamped into the frame directly below the battery box,which in most cases has caused the numbers to be illegible because of the battery acid leaking down.It is also stamped into the top of the rearmost crossmember,which is almost impossible to see without removing the body from the frame.The number is on the data plate attached to the drivers side windshield post.It's right where you hit your knee getting in or out of the car.The VIN starts with the letters A,M,P or U.

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO

I am in New York State and where is the number on the frame thanks.