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I went through the drill about this time last year here in Mesa. The friendly lady at the DMV inspection told me to bring it in to her at the station over on Greenfield Road in Mesa. She said the standard practice is to title and register it as the year and model it's supposed to replicate, in my case a 1966 Cobra, and that they did a couple each year. As stated in earlier posts, the inspection is to check for VIN and serial numbers, not safety or emissions. They are more concerned that you don't have stolen parts on the car. Once she was convinced the VIN numbers matched the previous title (from Pennsylvania as a no-year "Reconstructed Vehicle"), she sent me in to finish the paperwork inside. The only problem there was the state office apparently has no listing for a type of car called "Cobra". After about a half hour of whispered phone calls while I sat and wondered what was going on, the desk lady (different from the inspection lady) asked "Are there any parts on this thing which are from a real car?" I told her the engine was from a 1966 Ford, and that's what they put on the title and registration. Total bill, if I remember correctly, for title transfer, registration, and vanity plates (150PLUS) was about $88. You have no idea how much nicer this experience was than when I tried to register it in PA. That was a teeth-pulling, two-year screaming match which required the intervention of my state representative to resolve. I love Arizona.