Here in AZ if you have the full vin in two places on the car....dash and door...the MVD can inspect it. If just one...dash... then it gets inspected by the MVD Police...lol
$20 inspection fee, looking for mis-matched partial vins, etc. get a form from them then on to the insurance company to get a bond based on the value of the vehicle...as it sits...then on to the MVD to get title.
In every case when I've done it:
$20 inspection fee
$50 bond fee
$4 title fee.
All done in one day.
For $74 I had a bonded title on the car and the bond "falls off" after 2 years.
I had NO paperwork of any kind on any of the cars I've done this with.
Every car I've done this with had been out of the MVD system for so long it didnt show up on any of their computer searches. For a 40 yerar old car they arent about to dig through the microfische looking for previous owner. Not showing up as stolen is pretty much the main concern for any MVD/DMV.