[rokndad]

Your DMV will ask you for receipts for the chassis (assume it has the rear end in it), the engine, trans, and an estimate of your time to assemble or a receipt from someone who assembled it for you. Forget all the other miscellaneous parts.

I just went through this, except my car had been previously registered in TX, so they just went for the signed bill of sale. My CHP office confirmed the same thing about the receipts when I went for the VIN assignment. Better to have all those parts mentioned above covered, then only give them what they ask for when first registering.

Be as truthful as possible on "estimates" and pay your legitimate taxes. There are CA AG's watching things around the area and you'll sleep a lot better.