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Ok, I'll offer some thoughts, since I have been through the ASVE process in TX (Collin County). Again this assumes you go the ASVE route ...
* abandon all hope of titling it as a vintage car, it is not vintage. If you choose ASVE as opposed to custom, it will be a 2012 ASVE replica of a 1965 Ford.
* Make sure your insurance card describes it as a 1965 Ford Replica
* You can get a paper tag for $15 so you are legal to drive to the inspection.
* Get it inspected at your nearest DPS Waiver Site, not a commercial inspection station. It will need a "waiver" for emissions, which it is entitled to receive. You need an appointment.
* You do not need a TX issued VIN, your VIN is ERA2064 as stated on the COO. Find the vin plate on the chassis and do a pencil tracing of it. Use Tx form VTR-301 for that.
* You sound like you are on a first name basis with your title clerk, so if you present all the receipts for the body and components, Form VTR-301, Form 130U, and Form VTR-61 (affadavit that you built the car from components), you ought to be able to succeed.
I received my car as a rolling chassis, and completed the engine, trans and interior install in 2007 and then got the 2007 ASVE title, which has a "comment" that it is a 1965 Ford Replica. This gets me past the emissions test. You should not owe any TX sales tax.
Good luck, don't quit!
Sam
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