06-24-2009, 10:35 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: East Haddam,
CT
Cobra Make, Engine: FFR 3881 427 FE w/2x4bbls and 4 spd toploader
Posts: 119
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Actually no. There were no errors. The car, which was assembled by a builder you most likely know up in your area of the state, managed to get the car registered as a '65 Cobra. He sold it to me with just a bill of sale and the CT Early American registration form. I paid the 'real' sales tax based on the bill of sale (no fudging of purchase price by either seller or me) and flew through the re registration process at the DMV. No inspections of any sort were required. Basically all that happened was the simple transfer of an old used car to a new owner (no title was issued as the car was a (Um mm) '65 and older cars in CT don't get issued titles any more). I requested Veteran plates when registering it and paying my sales tax as opposed to the Early American plates the car once had (the car was obviously not 25 years old so why poke the tiger with a continuing paper trail). Getting Early American plates for it now (while most likely doable) would seem to compound that which could be considered a fraud. I'm tempted to try because my property tax on "this most rare of beasts" will most likely continue to climb due to the "rarity" of '65 Cobra's. I have never received a notice requesting a smog test (that big old stinky 427 FE would fail while sitting still and not even running) nor have I received any correspondence from the DMV with questions about the cars VIN number (the VIN reads FFR----K) in my five years of ownership. So, should I give it a shot at the DMV and go for E.A plates or just pay my taxes and keep my mouth shut?
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