[DeTomaso] DMV registration question for fellow Kalifornians.

[Pantdino]

Someone told me or somewhere I read that there have to be less than 2000 of that type of car registered in CA.
So a Vega probably qualifies-- most of them have gone to the junkyards by now.






-----Original Message-----
From: Art Stephens <artstephens at verizon.net>
To: Peter Kovacs <peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net>; Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com>; MikeLDrew at aol.com; MACHWIL at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Thu, Apr 28, 2011 4:46 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] DMV registration question for fellow Kalifornians.


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 
> 
> 
> 
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> ________________________________ 
> 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. 
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> 
> 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 
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> 
> -----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. 
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> 
> 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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