I can't stand Ma. As my car nears completion I now facing the real possibility I may

[kgs365]

JWheaton's post nailed it!....do something temporary until the state fixes it...you have people that have cars that can't sell them in Mass becuase the next buyer will not be able to register the car?....doesnt make sense....continue the build...register in another state enjoy 3-6,000 miles a year and wait

[slider701]

Register it to my address in Dallas, TX............I'll even pay the registration for you as long as I can store it for you from November to March

[Ron61]

I am sure that things are much different back there, but I live about 1 1/2 hours drive from the Oregon border. Several years ago everyone around here was registering their motor homes, pickups, and replicas in Oregon. Then the state cracked down and any vehicle with an Oregon plate was stopped and checked. Fines were very large, plates were confiscated, and the drivers were placed on probation. Now motor homes aren't daily drivers either, but the pickups were. If you had property in Oregon and could produce receipts for utilities and such where you had lived there for 1/2 year, then it was ok. Now I don't see many vehicles with Oregon plates except those that are actually traveling through from Oregon. One person that registered his Cobra in Oregon using a friends address had to spend a bunch of money to keep them from taking the car. Myself, it isn't worth the risk to do something like that unless you live in the other state part of they year.

Ron

[LoyWarr]

Seems to me, that MA is not going to allow you to register your Kirkham there. But, that does not prevent you from driving it if properly registered elsewhere. In the movie Shawshank Redemption, a guard is asked if he trusts his wife. Do you have a relative/friend who lives in VT or some other state whom you trust? You could barrow the car frequently/continually

I live in Utah and I'm pretty sure I can register it here.

[RodKnock]

"You're 5 foot nothin', 100 and nothin', and you have barely a speck of athletic ability. And you hung in there with the best college football players in the land for 2 years. And you're gonna walk outta here with a degree from the University of Notre Dame. In this life, you don't have to prove nothin' to nobody but yourself. And after what you've gone through, if you haven't done that by now, it ain't gonna never happen. Now go on back."

I thought Chris needed an inspirational speech to get back up on the horse and find a way. One of my favorites.

[kgs365]

should be easy ...get a salvage title from a 68-70 mustang with a big block and a top loader, change the rear end gears to get it with in 3% go through the process and change the rear end gears back to what you want and your on your way

[ZOERA-SC7XX]

Originally Posted by kgs365

should be easy ...get a salvage title from a 68-70 mustang with a big block and a top loader, change the rear end gears to get it with in 3% go through the process and change the rear end gears back to what you want and your on your way

The rear end gear in your Kirkham is probably one of the same ratios available in the Fords back in the sixties (they ranged from 2.70:1 to 4.10:1). The engine & trans can be swapped out in an afternoon. A nice running 390 w/toploader can be had for cheap (relative to your investment). You can always swap back after you get your title. Good luck.

[spl310]

I vote to move. I wouldn't want to live in Taxachussets anyway. If you don't want to move, then a used or loaner engine/tranny is the key.

[ng8264723]

The enigine swap in a Kirkham is definately NOT an afternoon. Also I would need to redo the clutch setup for a toploader. I actually own a big block Mustang with a toploader. I would need the tranny from that car.

[ng8264723]

Another idea would be to try to register it in NH. I called my insurance comp. To my surprise they actually don't care which stat the car is insured in. They insure based on where it is garaged. So who here lives in NH? How difficult is it in NH? What about NY?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by ng8264723

Another idea would be to try to register it in NH. I called my insurance comp. To my surprise they actually don't care which stat the car is insured in. They insure based on where it is garaged. So who here lives in NH? How difficult is it in NH? What about NY?

Remember, your state's statute is looking to see if the car is owned by a resident of the Commonwealth. Thus, in order not to be blatantly violative of the statute, the owner of the car should be a person, or entity, that is not a resident of the Commonwealth.

EXCLUSIONS
"A vehicle owned by a nonresident of the Commonwealth for which a currently effective certificate of title has been issued in the state of residence." http://www.mass.gov/rmv/titles/index.htm

[lloyds1]

REGISTER IT IN VT. Read my other posts on this thread. VT does not care if you live there they just want your $$$. Jeeez, what do you have to do around here to help a guy out

Originally Posted by ng8264723

Another idea would be to try to register it in NH. I called my insurance comp. To my surprise they actually don't care which stat the car is insured in. They insure based on where it is garaged. So who here lives in NH? How difficult is it in NH? What about NY?

[JoeT]

Originally Posted by lloyds1

REGISTER IT IN VT. Read my other posts on this thread. VT does not care if you live there they just want your $$$. Jeeez, what do you have to do around here to help a guy out

Except the $1000 a day fine once your pissed off neighbor calls the state to report your VT plates in a Mass driveway at night

[JTD]

Originally Posted by ng8264723

Another idea would be to try to register it in NH. I called my insurance comp. To my surprise they actually don't care which stat the car is insured in. They insure based on where it is garaged. So who here lives in NH? How difficult is it in NH? What about NY?

The NH DMV reviews this site

[ng8264723]

I know Patrick I know. But that is NOT an option.
chris

[ng8264723]

Also I called FFR. They had no idea how to get a title in their own state. I then searched the FFR forum and found all the issues I have mentioned in this thread
Chris

[Hoofa]

Buy a cheapo Donor FFR that will pass, Then Change out the windshields and plates. Slap a roof on the FFR for a winter beater. Just don't crash the Kirkham!!! Then if the Sema bill passes sell the FFR. Remember the old days (like 7 years ago) when you could peel off inspection stickers and put them on a different car. Those were the days!!!

[ng8264723]

Where do you get th $1,000/day from?

[JoeT]

Originally Posted by ng8264723

Where do you get th $1,000/day from?

I actually don't know what the fine is. . . but this is MAss, and there is a fine.

[ng8264723]

The thing that doesn't make any sense is I could have bought a used Cobra and brought it here to ma and not had any difficulties.
Chris