More NJ title/registration questions

[Chaplin]

Originally Posted by ztarum

You are right. You cannot get a "collector" registration on a new cobra. The rules used to be more lax, or were not enforced. Keep in mind that title and registration are two different things. "Collector" is a type of registaration, and has nothing to do with the title. Other than the fact that if you car is titled as a "reconstruct" (which it will be) you cannot get a collector car registation.

You will need to go through a technical/engineering inspection just to get your title, so you're on the hook for an inspection if you want to get a title from NJ. Once you pass that inspection you will get you title from Trenton. The make of the vehicle will be listed as "reconstruct", and it will be titled as a 2008.

It is not that the rules were lax or not enforced, NJ changed the law this year. Previoulsy, kit cars were eligible for collector registration, but now the law expressly states that they are not. Rumor has it that NJ is going to change the law back again and kit cars will once again be eligible for collector registration, but time will tell.

Khan- You could go through the initial safety inspection in NJ and get your title, but not get plates (and thereby not go through the normal inspection with emission test, etc.) and then transfer the title to GA, but I am not sure how GA will treat a "2008 reconstructed vehicle" from NJ. I thought GA was easier than NJ for kit cars? (Actually, I thought just about everywhere was easier for kit cars than NJ.)