[cward2]

Sam and Jim,

That link is actually what I used as my guide when I went into the TXDOT to retrieve my 68-A and apply for title. They just still didn't know what to do with a new title applicant versus converting an ASVE and essentially admitted that. I gotta say they were really pleasant though.

But now I'm excited. Is that a light at the end of the tunnel or just a car in the wrong lane. The two of you have really helped me lay out a plan.

I'm going to go tomorrow afternoon and get the car in the state TXDOT system by having it inspected as a 1965 Ford GT40 Replica with my ERA vin.

Then I'll head to the county on Monday morning and apply for an ASVE title. Seems the simplest and most straight forward. It seems a tactic is to have just enough paperwork to get it titled but let the title clerk define the process they would like to follow. So know the rules but don't have so much paperwork that you raise your own compliance "bar" to unachievable by reasonable means.

If the county says I need to go get the emissions waiver, then make sure everything else is correct and then obtain the waiver. If I get issues with a state inspection next year, then I'll go ahead and convert like the memo says.

Thanks again guys. I'll keep you updated. I knew the passage of time wasn't going to help my situation but driving it these last few weeks has been so much fun (except when a fuel pump lost its ground on I10 2 weeks ago in a shakedown drive).

Chuck