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Reply to "Newbie thinking about taking the Spyder plunge"

Hi Carey,

 

Daniel may have the right attitude, but he is, probably unintentionally, putting out incorrect information.  He says that he can supply a 1955 title on his Spyder replica.  What he should be saying is that he can supply a 1955 Special Construction title from AZ.  This, as you know, is vastly different than a "built in 1955" title.  An Arizona 1955 Special Construction title would not entitle the new owner to register the car as a 1955 automobile in California.  Rather, the car will be registered as SPCNS (Special Construction), with the year as "Year First Sold", which complies with YOM (Year of Manufacture).  In my case, I registered my 1957 Porsche coupe replica with CA DMV as a 2012 SPCNS.

 

All of us are doing their best to stay current with the changing regulations in the state in which we live.  I know quite a bit about CA SB100 regs, since I needed to learn them to register my replica.  I'm sure Daniel is trying as hard as the rest of us, but he harms himself by either not knowing the law, or being deliberately obtuse.  The clear impression I got from his e-mails is that he would not only provide a 1955 title, but would help a CA buyer to register the car as a 1955 car, all seemingly legal in his opinion.  This clearly flies in the face of logic, since the car was not built in 1955, but was built in about 2013.  It is the impression of sleight-of-hand that doesn't sit well with me.  Good on ya' for following up.  None of us has all the answers, but it's threads like this that help bring us all up to speed.    

 

Danile, it is important to remember the sequence of the following: 1) Ready, 2) Aim, 3) Fire.  Reversing numbers 2 & 3 can have disastruous results. 

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