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In my state, you must have a original title. It must belong to the vehicle in question. I know about this because I was referred to the state police by DMV to match the vin in 2 places on the last 69 Camaro I had (was drag race car). In order to switch over ownership. The vin on the dash, & under the windshield wiper cowl had to be reviewed by a state cop (I had to take it apart right there). Some other cars title would not have worked... period. It was the body in question.... not the chassis. New body on the old chassis w/a new title does not work. That requires application for custom title/experimental vehicle title. Maybe the rules are different where you live.
We all have seen ad's for titles or "build sheets" for example; I am not surprised you question was scrutinized....