Yes my side oiler is a 1966. Under SB-100 the BAR is suppose to establsh a year of reference. Either the year the specially constructed vehicle represents, or the year of the engine... Example a 1966 Cobra could have 1966 on the BAR decal because it looks like a 1966 Cobra, or a 1940 Ford, etc. or the year the engine was made. The exception to that is that if you have a car that is completely unique, one-off, there is a default year of 1960. Cars that look like they are a 1964 car (or whatever) can have any mechanical equipment they like. I brought my 1966 side oiler in with a PCV valve (just to be safe) and my BAR decal indicates it is suppose to have a PCV valve.
I'm not sure what happes if you bring in a 1980 Chrysler Cordova Replica. (it could happen) I guess you'd need 1980 smog parts. (but then a good replica would have those wouldn't it).
This is not the year the car is titled as, merely a reference for future changes to the law and what if anything the car must have for emissions equipment. What can I say, big daddy can giveth big daddy can taketh away.
I say the BAR is suppose to establish the year of the cars equipment. It doesn't always work that way. In my case I waited until the dust settled in 2003 to take my car to the BAR. After being #7 registered under the new system in 2003 (spcns #2003-007) I wanted to be sure the BAR had it's $hit together so I went for my "initial" inspection in October.
It went pretty smoothly the guys were polite well informed (it seemed). They took the car in to be tested (sniffer test) and came back 20 min. later with a sticker. I was instructed to affix it to the car in a permanent location. I did as I was told.
It was only when I got home I noticed the sticker read:
Spcns #2003-007
Displacement 7 liters
Make Ferrari
Year 1960
I'm not kidding.
The part that troubles me isn't that we have a bureacratic nightmare to conform to. The part that troubles me is our laws have become so complex the people who are suppose to keep us informed are completely unprepared to do so.
The thing that happened with 1578 is it allows cars that were previously registered (california as well as other states) to be registered. SB-100 originally applied to new, first time registrations. The irony in that is the guy who wrote the law, Maurice Johannesen was a Lone Star owner and his car didn't qualify under SB-100 the way it was originally interpreted by the State Legislative Analyist. 1578 corrected this to allow all specially constructed vehicles to be registered, or in his case (and my case) re-registered under the new program.
I went into the DMV on Jan 2, 2003 knowing I was one of the first and fortunately I brought about 50 pages of printed material from the state legislative summary including the law, to the page from the DMV website to the leglislators contact information that sponsored the bill (that kind of shook them up, I never said I was going to call his office, but the cell phone in my hand and his phone number seemed to imply that was step #2)
But that was two years ago. I'm sure it will be a smooth ride.
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