[Excaliber]

Registering a replica as 'other than' the year it was built could lead to BIG trouble, don't go there. Those that seek a 1965 or 1966 year on their title as model AND year of build aren't fooling anyone anyway. My title is 1965 MODEL year, but year of construction is when the car was built, no foul there.

I believe the reference to bringing in an out of state car requiring a smog check is only for the "Gross Polluter" check (assuming it's a 60's vintage motor). It doesn't matter WHAT year the car is it has to pass that. Unless you got a really radical monster motor it should pass. I'd bet money on MY car passing that AND any applicable smog check rules for year of block requiring a check every two years! In fact I believe MOST replica Cobras could pass it if their a 'reasonable' street build and tuned properly.

High compression and a cam that 'comes on' at 4000 rpm would be a problem. I HAD an engine like that and it was miserable to drive on the street! I rebuilt it to 'street friendly' specs, lower compression, a conservative cam and street type vacuum secondary carbs (by the way, that dramatically improved gas mileage as well as drivability).