Registration In California

[tonysshelbys]

Just read Turk's tirade. His point about our cars being included in a smog check years from now is exactly on point. When I discussed Lieber's bill with her twit of an admin assist. who was really arrogant by the way, she couldn't assure me that my Cobra which may be classified as a 2004 by DMV (more about that in a minute) wouldn't be subject to a smog check in the future under this proposed new law.
Now, about DMV's issue of year of production on new Cobras. Shelby American states on their MSO that their 289FIA is a 1965 Cobra. A friend of mine had his reg. cancelled officially by letter a couple of days ago and the letter stated that after a joint investigation by DMV, CHP, the Yolo County District Attorney's Office and the California Attorney General, the investigation had determined that my friend's car was NOT a 1965 Cobra and had been fraudulently represented as such. Question, if DMV disbelieves Shelby's MSO and will not accept it as justification that the car is a 1965 then the conclusion one can draw is that they will assign the current year you first register the car as official year of production/registration. That in turn leads all of us who have these cars to Turk's point raised above. What happens when the 30 year exemption applies to us? Guess what, our cars will be subject to confiscation or revocation of registration: BASED ON THE INITIAL SMOG TEST.
The 30 year rolling exemption can be cut short. The arrogant twit who I dealt with in Lieber's office admitted that the Legislature has the power to change existing law at any time and frequently does so. When I pointed out that this could mean pre 76 vehicles could be then subject to smog check by future legislative action, she admitted that yes that could be a possibility. When I asked her how AB 2683 applies to SB100 vehicles, she didn't have a clue what I was talking about and I think they could very well change the law to force our vehicles to be included in smog check.
Tonysshelbys
P.S. to Gordon, I had planned on retiring here in California but I'm strongly contemplating retiring in Nev. or Ariz. instead.