[DeTomaso] DMV registration question for fellow Kalifornians.
Asa Jay Laughton
asajay at asajay.com
Thu Apr 28 20:22:06 EDT 2011
In Washington (the one next to Idaho), you can get "Historic Vehicle"
plates for anything over 25 years old as I recall. A nice 1968
Mustang parked outside on my way home has historic plates on it. That
would be 40 years old plus, but I do think it's 25 years to be
eligible. (I'm too lazy to check actually, but have been told my 1973
Pantera qualifies).
And it's a permanent registration requiring no front plate. Bonus!
Asa Jay
Quoting Art Stephens <artstephens at verizon.net>:
> I remember when I went in to register my Pantera as a historical vehicle, I
> was thinking to myself how do they know if it is or not? It seemed to me I
> might have been able to register a 1972 bug as a historical vehicle? My
> understanding was that the car was supposed to have historical
> significance/small production numbers? I don't remember seeing any clear
> definition as to what a historical vehicle was. So, you might be able to
> register any pre 1976 vehicle as historic?
>
> Art
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Kovacs" <peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Pantdino" <pantdino at aol.com>; <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; <MACHWIL at aol.com>;
> <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 3:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] DMV registration question for fellow Kalifornians.
>
>
>> Regular Reg currently. I haven't been able to locate the HV parameters
>> yet. It
>> wasn't easily locatable on the DMV site. I was looking then 'life'
>> happened. You
>> you have info on it?
>>
>> Peter Kovacs
>> 209 345-6708
>> 209 436-2000 fx
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com>
>> To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; MACHWIL at aol.com; peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net;
>> detomaso at realbig.com
>> Sent: Thu, April 28, 2011 3:16:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] DMV registration question for fellow Kalifornians.
>>
>>
>> Is the car registered as an Historic Vehicle, or with regular
>> registration?
>> You might try switching it to HV if it is not already and see if that gets
>> the
>> Man off your back
>>
>> Jim Oddie
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
>> To: MACHWIL at aol.com; peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net; detomaso at realbig.com
>> Sent: Thu, Apr 28, 2011 2:35 pm
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] DMV registration question for fellow Kalifornians.
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 4/28/11 11 26 46, MACHWIL at aol.com writes: > > I
>> think you are in California. If that is correct your Vega was smog >
>> exempt >
>> at the time the ticket was issued. That smog law changed years ago and I
>> >
>> believe it extends down to cars built before Dec. 31, 1975. I know my '73
>> >
>> Pantera is exempt. > Wrongo, Bud! Your Pantera is exempt from
>> periodic
>> inspection. That is not the same as being exempt from meeting the
>> requirements that were in place on the day it was sold. At any time, a
>> cop
>> with an attitude can write you a ticket for failing to pass his
>> arbitrary
>> visual inspection, and then you are forced into Referee Hell where you
>> have to
>> demonstrate to a bureaucrat that your car does, in fact, possess all the
>> required pollution control equipment that was installed on the day it
>> was
>> first sold. That's the situation Peter is in now. The Pantera's smog
>> requirements were fairly basic; a functioning PCV system is pretty much
>> all
>> that was there (i.e. no smog pumps, air injection systems etc.). But
>> if you
>> are running open breathers on your valve covers, you are failing, and
>> a cop
>> can legitimately write you a ticket. Just another good reason to keep a
>> functional PCV system in place.... Mike
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