96 Excalibur - WI emissions test waiver

[RedZed]

Hi all, looking for some help from the Excalibur crew or somebody who has gotten an emissions waiver in the state of WI. I have a 1996 Excalibur Cobra that is OBDI, technically OBDII requires emissions test but there is waiver for OBDI vehicles.

the issue is I need to go to state inspection to prove its OBDI, they suggested if I have documents from when it was made that proves its OBDI along with them inspecting the vehicle then they may grant a waiver.

does anybody have an experience getting a waiver like this? It looks like I have a Bennett exhaust system with no crossover pipes.

[Chicagowil]

Not familiar with that issue. Keep us informed as to what happens.

Thom

[RedZed]

somebody on the forum sent me a PM and after connecting with him I found out that I am doing it all wrong. I applied for collector plates and I should have applied for Hobbyist plates. The laws in WI state that if I have a replica vehicle I can get a replica title that is dated as of the year of production that is being replicated. This should grant me the emissions exemption I am looking for. I called the state and argued this point and they said I still needed the waiver. here is the link to the website for WI DMV Hobbyist information.

https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/dmv/v...-vehicles.aspx

I wrote them a letter, gave them pictures, printed the law, highlighted the verbiage, and told them exactly what they needed to do for my title.

I still have an emissions inspection with the state scheduled for the middle of July incase this doesn't work. I even put my cats back on just in case... hopefully I can cancel this meeting.

[RedZed]

Alright, so after discussing this with the state and moving forward with the hobbyist replica title they told me that in order to change the titling around I need to either get a final emissions test or exemption. Basically they said it is needed to convert the title from a 1996 regular title to a 66 hobbyist replica title.

I had the car inspected by 4 state employees. I explained the situation, they were cool about it and granted the exemption request. So I am good to go.

They told me they would grant it under the "small production numbers" clause however they took a picture of the OBD-1 and CA emissions compliant sticker under the hood. Basically this is a one and done and since the title has never been WI titled I had to do it. Once I get the 1966 replica hobbyist title I wont, nor will any owners in the future have to deal with this.

P.S. The inspectors were total car guys so that helped as well.