[chucks1]

If you are talking about a used, previously titled vehicle, everything I was told is that MN will use the current title/registration information to create a MN title.

If trying to title a previously untitled vehicle, the process can be as easy or as hard as your particular DMV office makes it. I just did a title on a new SPF last summer.

You will need the original, signed MSO and receipt, serial numbers and receipts for the engine/transmission, plus a completed Affadavit of Reconstruction. This paperwork can be taken to any DMV branch office. They will keep the originals and give you photocopies. Depending on the office you go to, they may or may not issue you a set of permanent plates. Be prepared to pay sales tax based on your receipt totals.

Make an appointment at the vehicle inspection station. At the inspection you will "fail" because there is no VIN. Send the failed inspection notice in to the DMV; they will issue a VIN and provide a VIN tag (you have no say in the VIN; it will be a MN assigned code) to the inspection office. Make your second inspection appointment and go in to have the inspector attach the VIN to your car. He is supposed to use a couple rivets, but you may be able to talk him out of drilling holes. You will now get a "pass" from the inspector. Turn it in to the DMV and wait for your title. The year of the vehicle will be the year of manufacture listed on the MSO; you won't get a '65.