Title & Registration for out-of-state previously titled Cobra replica

[ram_g]

Originally Posted by madmaxx

Pretty simple to bufflo them, just have the insurance card say 1965..........

This is going to get harder under the new "one sticker" program. Because the inspection place no longer issues the sticker, they do the inspection and enter it in a database, that the county tax office then refers to when issuing the registration sticker.

Just did this on my VW Passat TDI. As a diesel, it only needs the safety inspection, no emissions. This is well understood by the inspection places and I never had any issues getting a sticker before. When I went for my registration sticker this time, the clerk looked it up, and then very accusingly said "why did you not get an emissions test?" I reminded her about the diesel thing and she had to look it up before she agreed and issued me the registration sticker.

So I foresee issues of this sort, going forward, if the inspection does not conform with the registration information...

[SSSammy]

You need to tell us what the out of state title calls it before we can give you accurate advice. Texas will just convert the existing title to a Texas equivalent.

If it is some kind of assembled vehicle on the existing title, then it is not a vintage vehicle unless you go for the ASE Custom and Rebuilt Vehicle inspection as described in the manual. You can be a 2010 Assembled, for instance, and still be a 1965 REPLICA FORD. But only if you file the ASE Inspection form described in the other tread. Then your ASE one time only inspection is good forever, no emissions check ever. Your insurance card needs to describe the car as whatever it is a replica of. This is what the inspector will use to determine what it represents. You will be issued a Custom Vehicle plate.

WARNING: If you have a recent year Assembled Vehicle title and you do not go for the ASE inspection and the Custom Vehicle plate, then technically you are required to get an annual inspection, fail it, and then apply for a waiver .. every year. Thank SEMA for this.

If it is titled as a 1965 Ford through some subterfuge committed in the past, then you are golden. Texas will regard it as a 1965 Ford, no inspections except the one time $15 safety inspection, ever. It is an antique vehicle. Again, first step is getting your insurance card to describe it as a 1965 Ford.

Sam