[GH85Carrera]

I bought my 1974 914 2.0 brand new in Alabama and back then Alabama was a no title state. So all I received as proof it was mine was a bill of sale. I moved to Oklahoma in 1978. I understood I needed to get a new tag and drivers license soon.

Oklahoma has private enterprise for car tags so I asked my co-workers where to go. They pointed me to a tag agent near by. I am pretty sure they issued cigarettes to employees. It looked like a bar in there, every employee had a cigarette in their mouth. I told them I need a tag for my car and she asked for the title. I said there is no title, and it was like a scene from a move, dead silence, and everyone looked at me. I said I bought the car new in Alabama, and I have a bill of sale.

The lady drug out a book that looked like a prop from a Harry Potter movie. It was HUGE. She started flipping through pages and found verification that I was not a criminal. They had to issue a new title for an extra fee, and then they provided a new tag.

Now days I go to a near by tag agent, hand them the paperwork and by the time I write my check they hand me my sticker, and I am gone. I write a check to avoid the $2.50 "convenience fee" that state tacks on for using a credit or debit card. And the tag agents are smoke free now.