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Hey guys, so i'm looking a two speedsters. one is a vintage built in 2012 for 25k with a 1915. looks really nice.   the other is a cmc that was built in 1992 with a 1835 for 18k. i live in ca. so i've heard it's not that hard to register it as a special construction car. (it's not yet, and will have to do that).    anybodys thoughts?

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I just bought a VS built in 2016. It first sold to a guy in Arizona. The Arizona " pink" says it is a 62 VW.  At the DMV the guy who verifies the VIN didn't even look at the Vin number on the pan.  He said  I needed to go to the CHP to have a new vin assigned. He said it is olbviously not a 62 VW. I called Kirk at VS for advice.  He suggested I go to a private party to do the registration.  It is now registered in CA. My concern was special construction designation might have resale and smog consequences. As for engine size the 1915 cruised over the grape vine at 70mph with no problem.

Bob.  I'm not sure why you thought you needed to take your car to the DMV, but that was a BIG mistake!

In California, if the title you have received from your seller says VW, you just take it to the DMV (not the car) and you're done.

In California, if your title says anything other than VW, your only option is an SB100 and unless your non-VW title is from Beck or IM, you might just be screwed.

Bob Hampton posted:

went to CAAA first and because it was out of state title they said I needed to go to DMV Went to another registration service and they registered it. The guy at DMV was  freaked out by the arizona title said it was a 62 vw and didn't look like one. he didn't even look at the vin number.

 

 

"DMV was freaked out"  That's why you don't take your car to the DMV.  When you went into the DMV, you must have told them something that caused them to send someone out to look at it.  In California, if the out of state title says VW they just register it with no questions asked. 

Dukewagon,

Yes, if you want to register your replica as Special Construction with CA DMV, you will need to sign a form that says you built the car or had a substantial input into the build.  I did register my out-of-state replica using the SPCON SB 100 method.  It did take a few days, as you need to visit DMV, CARB, and CHP.  The intent of the legislation is to register cars like ours, many of which are illegally registered as 1960's VW's.  For a VW registration to be legal, the car itself must still be recognizable as a VW, such as a Baja Bug, or big fender mod.  If you want/need more info, PM me. 

 

dukewagon posted:

hey guys, now i'm looking at a nice looking JPS for $22.500, or a older (1992) CMC that i will have to try to get it registered in CA. for $17.500 they both have low hr. 1835's of course the JPS is in alot nicer shape, but the CMC is a good looking car, and a good price?

You can chew up $5K pretty quickly trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. $17.5K for a car that needs work doesn't sound like a good price in that light.

Stan Galat, '05 IM, 2276, Nowhere, USA posted:

You can chew up $5K pretty quickly trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. $17.5K for a car that needs work doesn't sound like a good price in that light.

Or you can have this new Vintage Speedster, with no production wait, still under warranty, priced under factory cost and has it’s initial 200 mile teething issues worked out.   New VS Speedy.   Just sayin!!!

-=theron

@Bob Hampton I went a few weeks ago to transfer the title to mine.  I was in and out in a few minutes.  I didn't drive it, nor did they ask to see it.  Then again, it was already registered in CA.  


@dukewagon
I personally saw Theron's speedster before it was ready to sell.  Even at that time, the car was great.  If i were in the market, I would pay attention to that vehicle.  Brand new speedster with all sorting complete.

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