Titling a used Cobra in California

[mrmustang]

WOW, lots of misguided information on this dated thread.......


The following web page guides you to the safe (and only legal way in California's eyes) way to register and title your car.

Registration Requirements for Home Made Specially Constructed or Kit Vehicles


Older titled kit cars are a gray area, it depends on whether or not the VIN used is accepted in their system. If the VIN is manufacturer oriented (ERA, SPF, Contemporary) then they should already be in the system as a valid item. If they are state issued, you have a 50/50 chance of California accepting them (mention VIN tampering to the BAR if they want to change it and watch their reaction ). If they are a homemade or "borrowed" VIN for another vehicle, expect the car and paperwork to be impounded (CA BAR are not stupid) and every part on the car scrutinized.

Where things get interesting is SB811, not sure if this was ever approved or not, but I do know that Sacramento has referenced it in the past.


Bill S.

[jhv48]

So, now tell me how this car would be handled at the calif. DMV:

SPF originally registered and sb100 in calif.
relocated to Arizona and registered there as a 1965 cobra.

Question: how would calif treat the Arizona registration and the previous calif. sb100 if the car is sold and brought back to calif.

Would calif. honor the sb100 previously issued to the car or would the return to calif. necessitate having to re do the sb100 and vin number?

[Varmit]

I thought the SB100 was good for the life of car, does this hold true even if the vehicle is reg in Cali, moves out, then comes back. In this case there should be a Cali record of the vehicle's vin number from the first registration in Cali