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Originally Posted by sunman
Google up:
“Replica-Vehicles-Final-Rule- 02 22 2022”
Everything above is inaccurate.
You could buy the Classic Roadsters moulds and ownership, build frames with Bob Bennett Excalibur drawings, use the 50 state legal LS3 E-Rod motors and sell cars.
You got to call them “Classic 427s” not Cobra though.
Ask FFR about that, the shape is open source.
FFR, ERA, anyone could sell them
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Note that the law requires a manufacturer to "be licensed by the holder of the I.P./trade dress" if they still exist. Therefor you cannot buy the moulds from a replica company and go into production and be covered under the regulations. And, yes, currently the only AFTERMARKET certified engine is the GM LS. But just because Ford doesn't sell a 5.0 Coyote via Ford Racing, does not mean it is not available as a "certified powertrain". Ford sells EPA certified "chassis drops" with both the ten-speed automatic and the six-speed manual via Ford Power Products to "OEM manufacturers" for installation in vehicles.
99% of what has been posted is by people who are not in the industry and have no experience with this. I have worked with Autokraft/AC and Ford on the AC MK IV certification as well as with AC Car Group and another manufacturer on "piggyback" EPA certifications. Been there, done that.