> 
> there is, however, one possible trick to doing this, but it involves some
> paperwork.
> 
> if, for example, you bought a bus from a junkyard in california (if the yard
> will sell it to you AND give you a bill of sale/receipt/salvage title ...
> whatever is legally necessary in that state), you could then 'move' the bus
> (on paper, anyway) to some other state, say, alabama (where the title laws
> are not so restrictive).
> 

In fact, they are so unrestrictive, that I believe you don't even need an
official title for cars built before some year ('67 comes to mind).  All
you need to do is have a bill of sale and pay your registration fee.

Or so I was told when I lived in Alabama.  

-Jim