What does the warning mean?

Hey at least he was thorough right?
I recently bought my 66 Barracuda from out of state, and when I went to title it and register for a license plate, they sent a state trooper out to verify the VIN number. A 66 does not have the now standard 17 digit type VIN, the trooper referenced a book he had with him and crawl all over the car checking stuff. The trooper would not let me see the book, either!