Recent registration ???

[mr0077]

Mike, darned if I know! I got my copy online, but I searched all over for it online and can't find it! I guess they decided to take it off the website for some reason. Call DMV at 486-4368 and ask how you can get one. The title of the form is "Replica Vehicle Application (2007 Legislative Session Assembly Bill 321)".

[DougR]

Mike, My car was registered in Arizona as a 65 Ford Cobra. I just printed out a vin inspection form off the DMV website and had a police officer sign it. I took the form along with my AZ title and it was a done deal. No inspection, no special forms, no Replica Vehicle Application. Just walked out with my new registration and waited for my personalized plates in the mail. And because it's registered as a '65, it's automatically smog exempt.

[vegasmike]

OK, Here is the current "skinny".

First off, Doug, you are LUCKY. Technically, your car is titled and registered as an original '65 Cobra according to NV law. The AZ guys did you a favor titling it that way and going to a police officer helped greatly. The guys at the DMV would have changed your title for NV had they done the inspection.

I am trying to do it under the new "Replica" law as well. The form is no longer available prior to registration so that they control it's distribution and limit it to 100 per year. I talked with a guy in Carson City who was very helpful. He said the car would be titled (most likely) as a "2008 Assembled Vehicle" by any DMV Inspector. I then have to go into Registration and request Form RD-237 to have it registered as a "replica". According to the guy in Carson City, this car meets the definition of Replica, so as long as I get in under the 100 mark, I should be fine. Once it is registered as a "replica", it will be exempt from emissions. If I don't get it in under the 100 limit, the first two years are exempt anyway as a new car. I would then renew registration on a following year early and request RD-237 at that time to get it classified as a "replica".

I plan on going to a police officer to get my VIN Inspection done and trying to get him to list the car on that form as a 1965 Ford Cobra Replica which is what the MSO says. The trick is having the DMV take that MSO and that VIN Inspection Form and titling it the same, not changing it to a 2008 Assembled Vehicle. Even if they do, it is not terrible as long as the RD-237 is filed.

I think the easiest pathway is to try and get a police officer to fill in the VIN Inspection, bypass the DMV Inspection and register it under the RD-237 Form as a "replica". I may not get it titled in Idaho first due to the delay in getting the actual title, which could delay when I can register it in NV, which could cause me to miss the 100 deadline.