I may be completely wrong on this, but I believe that when the continuation Cobras first came out, California refused to register them and you had to get a SB-100 number if you wanted to register it legally at a later date. Something about a new frame and it wasn't made in the 60s, so they said it was illegal and had to meet the present day emissions and so forth. I don't know if this still is the fact or not as when I heard they wouldn't let them be registered I quit looking for one.
Ron
