New federal regulations make it easier to build and buy classic car replicas

[Mark IV]

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

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.