I had a thought last Friday and followed through with it. I reached out to the county clerk's offices of the 5 largest cities in the state. I stated that I was finishing up the construction/assembly of a replica vehicle and asked for guidance in getting it titled and registered properly. My reasoning is that the larger cities would see replica titling much more often that the smaller towns and cities (like my hometown). I have gotten word back from two of them already, and one was very helpful (describing the process for titling but not mentioning the forms I needed). The other simply gave me a number to the TN office that inspects salvaged and reconstructed vehicles (not what we would need to title a replica). I also got word back from an email I sent directly to the state office, which gave a few needed forms, but didn't go into a lot of detail about the process itself. The forms that were listed seem to go along with other readings I have done so far, but some references indicated that the local office will fill these forms out for/with you when you start the process. Both forms I have gotten are linked below. One is to apply for a TNVIN, which will get an official VIN based upon the serial number FFR provided. The other was an application of title, but it got confusing as it was asking for information that I don't think I have the answers for yet. I am passing these along in case they can help anyone else. Again, I promise to follow up with posts on what actually worked, hopefully, when I go through the process. My hope is that I can go to a Clerk's office that might be unfamiliar with the "replica" process but have enough pertinent information to make it go smoothly.

https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/re.../RVR-00115.pdf
https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/re...201Fill-in.pdf

-Valkster