Allen,
One problem that I know for certain is that most of the DMV people just flat don't understand what is going on and how to deal with it. Therefore the easy way is to get rid of any car or vehicle that we don't understand how to register. Even a lot of the DMV people that I have talked with can't take the memo that was issued telling them step by step how to do SB-100 cars and understand it. To them, a replica is not a real car and therefore shouldn't be allowed on the roads. A lot of that blame belongs at the top echelon of the Calif. DMV as it is easier to cry about the pollution and all these cars put out than it is to train their people how to register them legally. If they would take one year and give a blanket immunity to all people with gray area cars, they would collect a huge amount of money. But getting past the Hollywood stereotyped all hot rods are bad is going to be hard to do. SEMA is setting on the idea it is in Calif. and we don't need to worry. By the time they wake up to the fact this is just the start and it will spread to other states it will be to late for them to do anything. I have ran up huge phone bills and sent e-mails by the dozen and rarely do I ever get a reply and if I do, it is normally some flunky telling me that I am complaining about nothing.
Ron
