Seeking advice for title/reg/insp in NJ

[bodell]

@twobjshelbys: It's not that you need to bring emission test results to NJ DMV to get title and license. Its that after you register a car in NJ you need to get an inspection sticker on the windshield. This is done by going to the DMV inspection station or a private authorized garage. New cars get a 5 yr exemption (or is it 4?) and cars 1995 and older are also exempt. There is an exemption for "Limited Use Collector Cars" but the instructions say kit and replica vehicles are not eligible for this.
When purchased the car was titled as 2003 in the sellers state and I'm told by the seller, who was the first owner, there was no option to register it as a 1965 replica. NJ transferred the title (which is now a NJ 2003 ASV title) and registered the car. I think I'm supposed to now get it inspected. As mentioned that can't happen b/c there's no OBD port for the station to plug into. Seems like I'm between a rock and a hard place.

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by bodell

@twobjshelbys: It's not that you need to bring emission test results to NJ DMV to get title and license. Its that after you register a car in NJ you need to get an inspection sticker on the windshield. This is done by going to the DMV inspection station or a private authorized garage. New cars get a 5 yr exemption (or is it 4?) and cars 1995 and older are also exempt. There is an exemption for "Limited Use Collector Cars" but the instructions say kit and replica vehicles are not eligible for this.
When purchased the car was titled as 2003 in the sellers state and I'm told by the seller, who was the first owner, there was no option to register it as a 1965 replica. NJ transferred the title (which is now a NJ 2003 ASV title) and registered the car. I think I'm supposed to now get it inspected. As mentioned that can't happen b/c there's no OBD port for the station to plug into. Seems like I'm between a rock and a hard place.

Show up and see what they do. The OBDII emissions test is only a "system readiness" test, ie, that the required sensors are present, e.g., O2, catalyst, EGR, etc, and pass some rudimentary diagnostics. You have none of those things and have no OBDII port, absolutely like a 1965 vehicle, and thus can't be tested. The thing they care most about is it being in the time range where they can soak you for taxes and registration fees. They got that when they adopted the 2003 year from the previous title. But they have to have seen kit cars built to 1965 standards and know how to deal with it.

For a 1965 replica engine some places will want you to have an active PCV valve and feedback to the carb.

Is it also a safety inspection? Does NJ require the ET light and backup lights etc (which were never present on 1965 vehicles.)