Registration Process for a Replica?

[1ntCobra]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

The Shelby Series One was sold as a completed car and then it lost its Federal certification and had to be built as a kit/component car. Not really sure if any of them were legal in CA. I'm not really a Series One expert. Shelby was a "licensed auto manufacturer", but not any more.

Backdraft, Kirkham, and Superformance all sell complete rollers, everything is finished for you, but no engine and tranny. ERA will sell you a kit for you to complete OR they will build it for you to a complete roller status, sans engine and tranny. No separate company needed to get it to roller status. None of them will sell you a complete operable car due to Federal regulations.

They're all manufacturers of Cobra replicas, but they're not "licensed auto manufacturers." They can't be. Although there's a new Federal law, that might change this, I won't mention it here.

Kirkham will sell completed cars to overseas buyers.

I think they also supplied completed cars to Miller Motorsport Park as track only cars. However one of those cars is for sale at the moment.

When I was at Kirkham in August they were shoe horning some sort of V12 into a car and building custom side pipes for it. Perhaps Kirkham will pull that motor when they are done so someone else can reinstall it later?

Kirkham Motorsports Tour August 2016


David mentioned something about a new law from the end of 2015 that would let him install engines, I had commented that those engines would probably have to meet current emission standards, but he seemed to be implying otherwise. I did not push that question further to clarify what he meant.