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Old 07-24-2007, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by mr bruce
The fact is ,it's not a 1965. As a rule ,it is best to title cars by the rules/regulations of the state you are in. Although we pay for the roads we are not in charge of them. Maybe the beaurocrats think you were washing a title.
It's a much grayer area with a CSX4000 car, than it is with a replica Cobra. Usually with Cobras, the DMV is looking to correct incorrect or illigitimate VINs, incorrect years, and incorrect or missing parts (as far as "year based" safety and emmisions goes). Being that it's a Shelby automobile, they can't dispute the VIN. And it varies greatly state by state, as far as what equipment the vehicle must have. Most states want to title car as the year it was built, but then they also want the car to meet the standards of that same year. And we all know that's pretty much impossible. These cars are copies of a car built in the 60s, they naturally will not meet any modern standards. As far as the year goes, in the case of the CSX4000 cars, the MSO from the manufacturer SPECIFICALLY states the model year as 1965.

So you have the original manufacturer saying the car is a 1965, but we all know it wasn't built in 1965. On the flip side, we also know the car doesn't come close to meeting the new vehicle standards of the year it was actually built.
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