I bought a 1979 mercury capri here little while ago. I had the original title from 1979 and the daughter had given a bill of sale and a copy of her power of attorney cause the original owners had died to the guy I bought the car off of and he had given me a bill of sale. I got to the DMV and everything looks goo except that a power of attorney is only good while the person is alive so its a no go. They hand me some inheritance forms and I have to have the daughter fill them out and get them notorized, Im thinking this will be fruitless adventure but the guy I bought the car from was able to have the lady do it and make a bill os sale to me straight from her, YES! now I go back to the DMV and show them all the proper paperwork. They say they no longer accept that type of title because A, it is from 1979 and they have NO paperwork that old to verify it is real evn though they have the paper work from registrations for the last 30 years and B it was signed off by FOMOCO Financial back in 1981. The DMV couldnt verify that it was authentic signature from FOMOCO and so they cant put the title in my name. I asked one question, can they prove that any of it is not legit? if not its not my responsibilty to prove anything, there is no reason to think Im falsing anything. The manager agrees and lets me put the car in my name, I was even allowed to keep the oiginal title, thei going to mail it back to me
Good luck with the Nitemoose, Jeremy