[cward2]

More helpful observations Sr. Mariachi. Thanks for your experience.

BTW, I was at the TXDOT title office, rather than county, since I had the police inspection under the new rules (VTR-68-A form). The Houston Police deliver these completed forms directly to the TXDOT due to some forgery that people had done in the past (imagine that!) The TXDOT guys wouldn't give me the form to go to a county office, they would just start the process. Kind of it turned out.

I'll take it to have inspected at the same place that I had do the ASME Master inspection under the new procedure. They would be happy to do a regular inspection and I had followed all the prior years' advice here and have it insured as a 1965 FORD GT 40 Replica with my VIN.Interestingly the Houston DPS Waiver office didn't answer their line this afternoon so obtaining an appointment through them might be its own challenge....

One thing that I'm considering as a possible problem for the non-ASVE route is that the Certificate of Origin says "For a Composite Vehicle / ERA Replica Automobiles" with my VIN, and ERA as Make but under Model it says simply "MK1." We all know what MK1 means but if a title clerk is looking for "GT40" or "GT40 Replica" on the Certificate, they aren't going to find that. I can bring all the ERA sales support material with pictures of the car and give it a go at the county office. Luckily its a short hike from my office.

Thanks again,

CW