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BEFORE you buy a block, get to DMV and pick their "brain." You need 2 inspections: 1) inspection for emissions, lights, etc. Mine was upstate so this was done via mail, with photos. This is predicated on the year of the block. The newer, the more criteria, and they have a handout you DEFINATELY need. Downstate is aggressive about emissions, and may include a sniffer test, require smog pumps, etc. My 1969 Boss motor only needed an EGR, but cars had to have backup lights then, so I put them on temporarily for photos. My lights have the same codes as newer foreign cars, like BMW, but thats not good enough for DMV, gotta have a stricter standard. I was ambushed by that BS and the car sat finished while I sorted it out. I only had to fill out a form with the correct codes, do you get inspected? I have the codes. The second inspection is a different DMV guy who is looking for stolen major components only. He checks your paperwork and signs off on it. He also assigns a VIN (a seperate NY one), and grinds off a spot on the firewall with course sandpaper and slaps on a VIN sticker. They would not accept ERA2009. I'll be happy to help if I can. Its a pain, but if you are aggressive up front, save a lot of hassle later on.
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