Buying a car - is this legal?

Again state to state, here in Ala, I had a really hard time titling my pick-up. The guy I bought it from never had it transferred from his father's name. I bought it after his father passed away. I had to buy like 6 tags for it to make up for not being regestered for 5 years. They told me (in Ala, anyway) it's not illegal to buy a car without a title, but it is illegal to sell a car without a title. Go figure. If you only want the engine, I'm with greenhornet, buy it strip it junk it. I just sold 8 scrap cars. I called a guy who advertised in the paper, he paid me and hauled them off, no questions asked - 2 of them were school buses!