Thanks Don. The car is now resting in my back yard in Texas, but I am working in Florida. It'll be later this week before i can dig into it.
The body numbers coincide with what you say they should, but I still have not had a chance to clean and read the engine number. Your explanation about the O gives me encouragement that this still could be an original overdrive car. I cleaned till I read the L, and assumed that if there is an L, there could be no O...the plate is so bad it may be there under the rest of the paint/dirt/and corrosion.
I did find and talk to the owner that had it from'71 to 2009. He says he rebuilt the motor, but all the big parts are at least original since '71. At the time I still thought the title was wrong, and he had no idea why it differred from the plate. Thanks to the knowledge base here in the forum, I understand the numbers, and there is even still a chance the whole car is original.
Thanks again...I'll update once I get time time crawl all over it...
John