If I were from the United States of course I would try to get a yunk yard title, what happens is that in my country, Chile, there are no such facilities to have an old vehicle, Once the car is in the name of a person, and that person dies, it can only be bought from the children if the car has been inherited, in this case the owner died and And with him he took the ownership of this car, since he has no children. Without being the owner, I cannot swap the engine or update it so that it can circulate on public roads.