My Recent Experience with SB100 & Bringing a Used Cobra into California

[SBSerpent]

Funny thing. I just received an email today from BAR confirming my paperwork and that my certification has been approved. Now all that is left is for me is to schedule an in-person appointment with the BAR referee to confirm all the PCV plumbing is properly installed. Woohoo, light at the end of the tunnel!

Best advice that I have is to have all paperwork and invoices showing the individual costs for body, engine and tranny; build photos are also very helpful, all the proper DMV paperwork filled out and most importantly, lots of patience and perseverance. Maybe the fact that I bought my Cobra used from the original owner helped (car had been previously titled and registered in Illinois). I had heard of at least one horror story where someone bought a 2020 SPF build directly from SPF here in California and he could not get it certified. Maybe it was during that period of time where CARB was involved and BDRs and SPFs were not getting approved...plus the fact that he bought the car brand new from the dealer, which made it harder to convince BAR that it was not a turn key car.

Good luck. It can be done.

Feel free to PM me if you would like to talk more.