Conn: House Bill 5405

[Cashburn]

How was the car registered? Did you submit for the proper inspection at the Wethersfield DMV lane? Or was another method used?

Easily answered by your VIN number... Does it start with CT?

[Albie]

I registered it in Wethersfield last year, went thru the full inspection - which was pretty straight-forward. Car number starts with CT. Do you know if any of your customers have their cars assessed at $500? If so, it would help my case to know which Towns their live in.

[Don]

Albie......the $20,000 assigned value by the DMV " might " be due to the make being ERA rather than Composite. In times past, years + ago, a DMV clerk that was familiar with kit cars would have changed any kit car including Cobra to Composite as the make. Unless the current practice has changed within the DMV.

Someone else with current knowledge could clarify the current DMV usage of Composite as the make for kit cars.

When the registration paperwork was submitted, was ERA or Composite used as the Make ?

DMV: Composite Vehicles

[Albie]

Originally Posted by Don

When the registration paperwork was submitted, was ERA or Composite used as the Make ?

The Registration says: Make: ERA, Year: 65, with a "CTXXXXX" VIN

[jualwatt]

Originally Posted by Albie

I registered it in Wethersfield last year, went thru the full inspection - which was pretty straight-forward. Car number starts with CT. Do you know if any of your customers have their cars assessed at $500? If so, it would help my case to know which Towns their live in.

Albie,

My Backdraft is assessed at the $500 level in New Hartford . But the reason it is assessed at $500 has nothing to do with the town, It is the fact that I have the Early American registration and plates. If you have standard CT plates then they go on state/DMV value of the vehicle regardless of type.

If they offered you the EA plates without the "Composite" vehicle make, then take them up on it and save yourself the aggravation. The only thing to note here is that for several years they have tried to get the value of EA registered vehicles raised from $500 to $2500, but this is still far better than $20,000.

Julian

[Albie]

Perfect! That's just what I need. Are there any other CT registered replicas out there assessed at $500?