[Daryl]

Well, I had my new B&B Roadster (aka Cobra) registered yesterday at the Scottsdale MVD location on Paradise Lane. Larry was there and he made the transaction a breeze given that he knows what AZ requires with respect to kit cars and has handled so many. Not all MVD personnel are familiar, so it's worthwhile to seek out an experienced person.

Go to him first in the Level 1 Inspection Lane and he will inspect the car and will enter all of the information into the computer, then send you inside to complete the registration. Again, mine was a turn-key from the manufacturer and I only had an MSO (i.e., the car had not already been previously registered in any state).

Ultimately I had to go back out to see Larry so that he could affix a new VIN lable inside the driver's side door jam given that the manufacturer's VIN did not fit the national VIN numbering scheme. I already had the car insured, so I had to let the insurance company know about the VIN change.

The car was ultimately titled as a 1966 Cobra / Special Construction resulting in low registration fees and is exempt from emission testing. Arizona is definitely "kit-car friendly!"

By the way, contrary to my previous post, the AZ "Collectible Vehicle Emissions Testing Exemption" law does not apply given that the '66 registration exempts the car from emisson testing anyway.