[decooney]

Hey Gordon,

I'm not sure if your response was to me, but in my exerience registering as a SPCNS "Specially Constructed Vehicle" in California is a very different scenario from trying to register a new/manufactured say CSX4000 car as a 1965 Shelby American Cobra.

With SPCNS/SB100, you should be OK under the guidelines you mentioned - if you don't mind registering your car as a SPCNS. (as you built it yourself - right?) Its a good thing they came up with SB100 for us. What does it really matter, the real/original Cobras were built in the 60s anyhow... we all know that. This is why CA/DMV won't let you register them made new today as a 1965 Shelby or Ford, but they'll let you title/register it as a 1965 special construction/SPCNS. And, as you probably know, it all depends on who you meet at the DMV counter, what code books they are willing to pull out, and their interpretation of what the codes mean. Its a crap shoot, "like a box of chocolate" & "ya never know what yer gonna get" said Forrest Gump.