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Originally Posted by Slick61
Have you read this????
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By statute California is required to honor the previously issued title if it was legally issued. The question is does that mean California also has to honor the issued “year of manufacture” for emission testing purposes? I have asked DMV this question and they “will get back to me.”
I have seen DMV in the past require legally titled out-of-state vehicles that are kit cars pass emission testing based on the SPCN rules. In short you can call it anything you want but it still has to pass emissions test under the SPCN rules.
Obviously there is an argument that in granting “full faith and credit” to the description of the vehicle would include they year of manufacture (1965), which in turn would mean that the vehicle is smog exempt. Unique loop hole that only lawyers could appreciate.
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Robert Morgester "
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Based on Robert Morgester's statement, there is still an open question about smog testing. Yes, they may accept the a car's registration from out of state as a 1965 vehicle, but they may treat it as a SPCN car for smog purposes. Something like "we know it's a 65 model type, but the car is really a late model vehicle and must pass smog or go through the SB process."
Where's Morgester when you need him??