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

[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