[DeTomaso] DMV registration question for fellow Kalifornians.

Thu Apr 28 22:24:26 EDT 2011

I'm ESP. concerned as to what probable cause was to pull you over to begin
with.  was it smoking, were you speeding or committing another moving
violation? brake light out?  sounds like BS to me, it would never fly here
in GA.  feel free to use my address and register it here, screw CA.

Michael
On Apr 28, 2011 10:02 PM, "Pantdino" <pantdino at aol.com> wrote:
>
> I'm not aware of the CA DMV ever doing any safety / mirrors inspection on
any car.
> I think they leave it up to the cops to bust you for no mirrors / car too
low / fender falling off etc.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----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 5:20 pm
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] DMV registration question for fellow Kalifornians.
>
>
> No, they didn't even look at my car since it was already registered. If
you go
> NO, I think you will have to have the DMV do a safety inspection of the
vehicle
> ncluding lights and maybe mirrors and stuff like that? I would guess that
they
> on't even look under the hood? Even if you went the PNO route with the
safety
> nspection, I can't imagine them requiring the vehicle to be stock.
> Art
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter Kovacs
> To: Art Stephens ; Pantdino ; MikeLDrew at aol.com ; MACHWIL at aol.com ;
> etomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 5:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] DMV registration question for fellow Kalifornians.
>
> and would it have to be 'original' to do that?
>
> Peter Kovacs
> 209 345-6708
> 209 436-2000 fx
>
>
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> From: Art Stephens <artstephens at verizon.net>
> To: Peter Kovacs <peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net>; Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com>;

> ikeLDrew at aol.com; MACHWIL at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Thu, April 28, 2011 4:46:05 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
> as thinking to myself how do they know if it is or not? It seemed to me I
might
> ave been able to register a 1972 bug as a historical vehicle? My
understanding
> as that the car was supposed to have historical significance/small
production
> umbers? I don't remember seeing any clear definition as to what a
historical
> ehicle 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.
> t
> > wasn't easily locatable on the DMV site. I was looking then 'life'
happened.
> ou
> > 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
> he
> > 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
> eriodic
> > 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
> o
> > 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
> ou
> > are running open breathers on your valve covers, you are failing, and a
> op
> > can legitimately write you a ticket. Just another good reason to keep a
> > functional PCV system in place.... Mike
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