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Originally Posted by Bernica
I guess I'm a little confused as to why you couldn't get the car registered for street use. I understand that as a turn-key, at least here in CA you wouldn't be able to. But wouldn't there be a way around that by having the car completed as a roller, then buying and having the engine installed separately?  |
Trying to convert a Off-Road (race) car to the street would be impossible. Remember, this isn't a "Replica", "Kit Car", or roller. It's a complete vehicle.
The vehicle would have to meet CURRENT emission and safety standards.
These cars will NOT be 1965 cars, they will be 2015 cars, or whatever year they are COMPLETED in. Key Word: COMPLETED (in).
Carroll Shelby tried this before and if I remember right, was successful with completing/selling only a couple of them until the law stepped in and clarified the Year Model of them and he had to stop.
Safety standards alone would all but kill the car. Bumper height, headlight height, 5 mph bumpers, door bars, SRS/airbags, etc. etc. etc.
Then emission standards would finish the car off.
Phill Pollard