[Randy Rosenberg]

Originally Posted by Woodz428

...We have had several inquiries from people in Ca. about our Coupe, the 1965 listing (as required here) automaticly puts a cease to the discussion.
The states that have accepted the titling process Illinois uses, and the numbers are growing, require the car be titled as the year it represents as well as the manufacturers name. So a Deuce, that has a "Rod Bods" body would be a "1932 Rod Bods Ford roadster". I see no deception. Cars that are not replicas are covered in the second paragraph of registration form...

SEMA did a great job on lobbying in Illinois for this change - http://www.semasan.com/main/main.aspx?id=60246

Read more about what SEMA has done has done recently in Florida - http://www.semasan.com/main/main.aspx?id=62294

...Importantly, kit cars and replica vehicles will be assigned a certificate of title bearing the same model-year designation as the production vehicle they most closely resemble.

Florida joins Arkansas, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Rhode Island, Virginia and Washington as states that have enacted similar bills into law...

...In addition, the measure exempts street rods and customs from a range of standard equipment requirements and emissions controls (only that equipment required in the model year that the vehicle resembles)...

I wish that they would do that here in CA!

Here's a link the latest that SEMA has done in CA - http://www.semasan.com/main/main.aspx?id=61557 - read it carefully, as this is the very same "smog by year of block" that Morgester is leading us to believe will be ending soon.

Originally Posted by Morgester

Note BAR will be changing the process shortly. Outside the SB100 process they will no longer test to the year of the block. They will instead test to the year of build. This means that you must meet 2007 standards if you do not have SB100.

Additionally, I've never heard anyone acquire successful smog exemption (or smog every two years) to the year of the block, when a "crate replacement" block is used.

In the second case, for specially constructed vehicles without a Senate Bill 100 sequence number, the only emissions controls required are those used when the engine was originally manufactured. For example, a Cobra kit-car using a 1968 351C Ford V8 would require all emissions equipment originally required for that model year engine. A dune buggy upgraded with a '91 L79 TPI GM V8 would require all emissions equipment used on that engine. More generally, if a configuration precedes 1966, no exhaust emissions controls would be required. If the configuration precedes 1961, no PCV system would be required. If a range of model years applies to any particular engine configuration, vehicle owners will have the option to select the model year of emissions controls to be used. Further, according to the BAR, new and rebuilt "crate" engines fall into this "range of model years" category. As an example in this category, the use of a Chevrolet 5.7L ZZ4 V8 engine in a replica of a '32 Ford roadster would require emissions equipment used found on the first 5.7L engines used in '67. Finally, and in some instances, vehicle owners may be required to provide engine information to aid in the identification and inspection process.

SEMA has a good track record for their work in other states - they need to focus on CA in order for us to see any changes.