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Originally posted by HowardV
Trularin, any used vehicle brought to CA from out of state must be inspected by the DMV. That's the first step. If your car is currently titled as a "65 Ford" from another state, you can continue telling the CA DMV that your car is a 65 Ford, and depending on the stupidity of the inspector, he may believe you and you won't have any problems registering.
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Don't count on it. What you need to do is utilize a sub-bill of SB100, which is SB1578 (which allowed for the registering of specialty vehicles that are used and brought in from out of state). It falls pretty much under the same SB100 guidelines, except you don't necessarily have to have all the original paperwork. I bought my car from its previous owner in Texas and went through this with nothing more than the TX registration and a Bill of Sale (an "honest" Bill of Sale, I might add).
The DMV is very wise on all this now. Just having a '65 registration for a "Ford convertible" won't work its way through the system like it used to. You will be flagged. It's a hassle but can be done. Hopefully the lawmakers in Sacramento will figure out that they are stifling a revenue-producing market and will relax SB100 to include more certificates and a huge amnesty program for those that skirted the system in the past.
-Deano
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/vr/spcns.htm