Regarding NJ Registration...

[Rez90]

Hello all.

I am having a custom cobra built by Vintage-Motorsports and i'm curious if there is any chance in this universe that i will be able to register it in NJ. I figure i ask here before i go the Montana Route.

Any help/insight/advice is greatly appreciated.

TIA

[mrmustang]

In one post you say it's already titled in PA, now you are saying it is being built? Which is it?


It's all in the details.

Bill S.

[Rez90]

apologies for any confusion.

The car is new. being built at Vintage in CT as we speak.

Thanks

[Rez90]

the original post was in a PA to NJ thread. my mistake.

[jts359]

HI Will the car have a CT title ? A couple of years ago I purchased a Factory Five from VA and its titled as a 1965 Roadster and I had no problems at all registering in N.J. , Ed

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by Rez90

Hello all.

I am having a custom cobra built by Vintage-Motorsports and i'm curious if there is any chance in this universe that i will be able to register it in NJ. I figure i ask here before i go the Montana Route.

Any help/insight/advice is greatly appreciated.

TIA

Jay and I have gone back and forth with such registrations for years, not much in NJ's processes have changed over the course of the last ten years that I am aware of.

I posted this in August of 2020:

Originally Posted by mrmustang

1: Contact the special title division of the NJ DMV, PO Box 017 Trenton, NJ 08666 and request their "kit car" registration package.
2: Get to know the Ashbury Park MVC Specialty Inspection Office located at 1010 Comstock St in Asbury Park, NJ 888-486-3339 This is where you will be going to first title and inspect your new Cobra replica, used to be one in Morristown, but they got flooded out in Hurricane Sandy and never re-opened I was at one time on a first name basis with 50% of the staff there.

Both of the above are your number 1 and 2 concerns, read through the package that the special titles division (located on State St in Trenton), follow their rules and regulations to a "T", forget about old loopholes you may have read about here, or as late as 2-3 years ago, they are all closed, and the NJ DMV and state police are well aware of all the old tricks. Do not attempt to reinvent the wheel, do not bother trying to get a "historic or collector" tag, these will throw up a red flag and you will be visited by the NJ State police as they investigate. I cannot stress this paragraph enough these days.....Kit cars are exempt from the Collector Registration. IE: A kit car can no longer be registered using the "Collectors Registration" in the state of NJ.
I also recommend a pre 1976 block for your drivetrain.

3: The tri state Cobra club typically meets the first or second Sunday of the month at the Chester Diner, RT206N in Chester, NJ. Great group of people........Take the back roads through Long Valley, it's a great ride, even without a Cobra.

Hope the above is helpful.

Bill S.

The only change to the above is where the Tri-State Cobra group meets for their monthly breakfasts. Those get posted in the subforum here each month.

Again, hope you find this helpful.

Bill S.

PS: NJ is getting hip on the Montana route and will occasionally pull over a specialty car of various makes and models, for exceptionally minor offenses, just to check not only the potentially offending vehicle registration, but the owners D.L. ......I have not experienced this, nor do I personally know anyone who has experienced this, just relaying 3rd party information as a FYI. NJ has gotten smarter over the years, and has even been known to review sites like this one (I have personal knowledge of this item through my interaction with State Street while still living in NJ) for posts just like yours, or mine for that matter.

[Rez90]

Greatly appreciate all of your help.

Reality is I have no issue paying tax on the car. My incentive to use services in another state is solely based on the idea that NJ would put me through hell and/or make it impossible to get done.

If it's doable I'm 100% on board in having it registered by the book.

Thanks again.

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by Rez90

Greatly appreciate all of your help.

Reality is I have no issue paying tax on the car. My incentive to use services in another state is solely based on the idea that NJ would put me through hell and/or make it impossible to get done.

If it's doable I'm 100% on board in having it registered by the book.

Thanks again.

Jay has the most up to date information, as yours will not be the first sold into NJ as a new construction.

If he points you back in my direction, advise him I told you nothing has changed since the last time he asked


Bill S.