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Originally Posted by Steve Cassani
I got lost somewhere in the slide from registration of a car that was assembled by legally distinct parties to a car that will be difficult to register because it is a 'turn-key'.
Is the problem here the fact the purchaser will have title to a running car that, for purposes of the law, was never identified as having a chassis and body seperate from the engine and drivetrain needed for it to be made complete? Had the seller registered the car he competed, providing the DMV with the requisite receipts, would the pending sale be just another private party sell of a used car?
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Maybe this makes sence,
If a car is assembled and intended for use in the state of California it has to meet emission standards for the year it was manufactured, if you can do that then you don’t need the SB100. Since we all want loud, smelly, powerful cars, having them meet the emission standards is just not an option. So the only way to get around that and become “smog exempt” is with the SB100 process, but it is only available to individuals that create a vehicle that never existed before for their own use. You have to prove to the state that you did not buy the car already completed (Turn Key), so even if you assembled the car yourself but bought every component from one source, that could be a red flag at the DMV, you need to clearly show that major components were bought by you from different sources, you can have it assembled by someone else, but it needs to be clear that you were in charge of supplying all of the components.
The problem with the car in this tread is that it is a completed car being offered for sale that has no title or registration. The seller is now a manufacturer because he did not establish that he built the car for his own use, and therefore it needs to comply with current emission standards.
The time span that has occurred is not an issue, some of these cars take many years to complete. But the bottom line is that the only one who can legally use the SB100 process is the current owner. If he can clearly show the stuff I mentioned above then it is not a difficult thing to do. There are obviously things that you don’t want to mention to the DMV pertaining to the currently proposed sale, but this car was clearly built for the current owners use and not originally intended for resale. If he wants to sell it, immediately, after receiving title that’s not an issue because the state gets to collect sales tax again when the new owner transfers the now legal title.