[SB100FOMO]

Circling back the second part of my original post.

I would like to construct a new home made vehicle, no VW parts, using a tube frame, Manx fiberglass body, and a modern V6 Honda Turbo engine.

Since no Manx was ever produced, how do you get the officials to give you a SB100 for a pre-smog motor?

I know this is possible, as I have seen (2) Manx Buggies with SB100 tag and 2000's model year engines. In both cases the seller was not the builder and could not tell me how the certificate was received.

Pretty straight forward if you are building a hot rod with a recognizable (30's) body style. But since a Manx was never a production vehicle, what model year is the body? If I remember, both SB100 Manx were given a model year of 1960? Even though the bodies were brand new.

back to the code: A SPCNS certificate of sequence identifies a vehicle as one for which the owner may choose the emission control inspection to be based on the model-year of the vehicle’s engine or the model-year of that the vehicle’s body most closely resembles.