You are going to have to come up with a vin and a title. If it's a florida title, there won't be any inspection, you just go in and transfer ownership, pay sales tax, and pay for a tag. If it's an out of state title, they will send someone (usually a sheriff) out to visually inspect the car and make sure the vin on the car matches the vin on the title (in other words, getting a vin won't be enough, it also needs to be mounted on the car in the right place) Once a car hits the junk yard it's too late, junk yards won't part with a title. Your best bet is to hunt down a rusted out hunk of shit somewhere with a good title and get to work. DO NOT tell the people at the DMV what you've done either, vin swapping is flat out illegal no matter how legally you came to own the two cars. Are you sure there is absolutely no way to track down the vin/title for the car? It will save you A LOT of headaches.