No Title, No Fender Tag, No Registration
A different story here in Arkansas, fill out a title request on a 1975 and older car, take pictures on any Numbers found in all areas of the car , like fire wall support, radiator support, tag numbers.
Take it to the local state police department and they keep a copy of it, then you wait (normally a 30 to 40 day wait) for a phone call, they send a patrol officer to your location, he takes 4 to five pictures and he has paper work for you to fill out, took my son 20 minutes, officer knew Mike Jr from coaching basketball, in about 50 days he had a title to sign and send it for tags and to insure. I think Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas follow this law.