[Rickd]

Thanks for the offer Terry, if we do actually move .. I will definitely get in touch. Florida was a snap. 15 minutes. Walked in .. without the car .. just put my ERA Certificate of Origin on the counter with a Bill of Sale, paid the sales tax on the car, and walked out with an Antique Tag and a temporary title showing the car as a 1965 ERA, with the appropriate VIN from ERA, and "date of manufacture" as 2008.

In Florida kit cars are titled as the year they replicate. From reading (not in depth) SB100 states that the car can be "registered based on the model year of the engine" or "the model year as represented by the replica vehicle year". Sounds like the "spirit" of SB100 is there ... but there is something apparently "special" about California's bureaucracy!!