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Found it TxDMV April 2013 Motor Vehicle Title Manual Chapt 25-16 bottom of the page

 

Eligibility for Title

Homemade vehicles are not eligible for title or registration. Homemade vehicles are

described as vehicles that were not previously manufactured by a NHTSA approved

manufacturer or a vehicle created by merging two or more vehicles from different vehicle

classes that were never engineered or manufactured to be combined with one another by

the original manufacturers of those vehicles (such as a motorcycle front and the rear of a

Volkswagon Beetle).

Vehicles can be assembled from two vehicles (previously manufactured by NHTSA

approved manufacturers to NHTSA safety standards) when they are from the same

general vehicle class (such as a Ford Sedan front and a Honda sedan rear), but there is no

guarantee that these types of vehicles will be considered âroad worthyâ and eligible for

registration. If the vehicle can be titled, but is not eligible for registration, the vehicle

could be considered for titling as a off-highway branded vehicle