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Originally posted by mikee "...I Just purchasd a FFR from a really great person in Michigan who built the car himself and has managed to register this 3 year old vehicle as a 1965 Ford Convertible in that state. When I called the DMV registration assistance office at AAA here in California, and told them I was planing on reqistering this in Ca., they informed me that I would have great dificulty in registering the car altogether.
Apparently the DMV in the state of Ca. sees these vechicles differently. They claim as they are not made by a major car manufacture (Ford, Chevy, Honda) they are built by hand, and therefore, subject to a through and complete safety check, including smog, wipers (which I do not have either of these two items), horn turn signals etc. and that the vehicle would not be rigistered as a 1965, but a 2000 model year and subject to all those smog laws..."[/b]
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That's not exactly true, and I would avoid at all costs the person who gave you that advice. There are two ways of registering your car in California. The first - and most obvious - would be to simply register it as a vehicle coming from out of state. If your car is a 1965, then it's smog exempt.
However, that's not the best way to register the car, because your car isn't a 1965 car.
The problem you will run into is that the car has been assigned a VIN number by some entity. You can't just take that number off and start over.
SB100 also would not have helped you, because it only applied to new cars. The changes made to the Health and Safety Code by the newer bill
should allow you to properly register your car. However, I haven't attempted to re-register a car using that bill.
The proper way to register your car is to do it according to the newer bill - SB1578 is I believe the number of the bill that is applicable to your car.
The secret to registering your car is to not say that the car was "in storage" for years, and not to say that you bought the car for $20.00. The DMV is only interested in getting their money, and anything you do to avoid paying them the money is going to raise a red flag on your registration.
To get a better idea on how to register your car in California (you're going to have to go through most of the steps anyway) go here:
http://www.cobratrader.com/registrationCA.html
Your pal,
Meat.