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Originally Posted by vanoochka
They didn't require a smog test, and my California registration and title note that it is a 1965 model year.
Is that what you are asking?
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From my observations, this is very typical of the DMV. In this case, CA issued a CA Title & Registration for Van's 1965 Ford as a "1965 Ford", since Van's provided the DMV with 1) Current out-of-state title/registration and 2) Bill of Sale. With those two docs, the CA DMV issued him title/registration.
Interesting that the DMV had to do a little work on the VIN, but other than that, what the DMV did is as expected - they didn't question the model year or make. And based upon the model year (1965), it is smog exempt.
Again, the DMV has done this before with out-of-state purchases, and I'm sure they will continue to do so. And Van didn't know any different, until he began posting on this site a few weeks ago. I can't image how many other replicas (Cobra or otherwise) have model years from out-of-state like Van's (or from an out-of-state title service), where the owner has no clue. In fact, I can only imagine that the owners believe that their replica is smog exempt, and actually see the pre-1974 model year as an "added value".