Classified postings do not allow for discussion (replies are not allowed). Direct message the member if you would like to discuss the item.
The Classified section is open to any individual (non-commercial firms) posting of items for sale. Members posting commercial advertisements must be enrolled in a Supporting Merchant program.
Postings without relevant details (PRICE, location, condition, etc.) will be deleted.
The car is a Beck Speedster with a 2002 manufacture date, yet it is currently registered in Arizona as a 1957 Speedster. When registering in California does DMV registration use the 2002 manufacture date during there registration process making it subject to smog check or the issued Vin used to register it in Arizona? I am interested in how other California owners registered their out of state cars in California. Any and all help would greatly be appreciated.
Replies sorted oldest to newest
I would be surprised if Arizona actually registered it as a 1957 Speedster. If you look more closely at the title, there may be a qualifier or amendment that states: replica or specialty, something along those lines.
At any rate, since it's not a 1957 Speedster, I would advise that you don't try to register it as such with California DMV. The specialty construction process (also called SB100) applies to your registration. I did it with my 2013 SAS coupe that I registered first in TN. Lots of info on this site about it. Try the Search button. Best of luck and please let others know how the process goes for you.
Here is the link to the former SB 100 info. The name has been changed to Specially Constructed Vehicles Emission Control from SB 100. I couldn't get the link to post correctly.
Go to the CA DMV and search on Specially Constructed Vehicles Emission Control. It will have all the information for you.
Once you have your SPCN no more smog checks. Call the CA DMV and see if any are still available for 2015. They issue 500 per year but recently not all get used.
Best of luck with your registration
Larry
As a California Beck owner, you have to register your car under the SB100 process. A couple of trips to the DMV, the Smog Bar referee, and the CHP for inspection and you will be good to go!
Seems to me that the process is being over-simplified here, though I have never completed it. I drive a 1970 V.W. Beetle still.
I went through the SB100 process in Jan. 2013. I agree with Dan Stewart above. Of course, as a frame of reference, I describe my vasectomy as "not all that bad".
Jim,
DMV regulations and procedures, at least here in Connecticut, are not only complicated but often, mysteriously defies logic.
My VS had an Oregon title/registration identifying it as a '57 Speedster with a bordered boxed notation in capital letters that said REPLICA. I never paid any attention to the new Connecticut registration until a received the town's personal property tax bill, based on Bluebook, for a 1957 Porsche...Mucho $$...Damn near fainted.
For three years I've tried to have the title officially amended by DMV with no results. Fortunately the tax collector amends the bill after my annual visit with my song & dance....but this is going to create problems for the buyer should I ever sell it.
I've posted this a couple times before, but you can find all the registration documentation (laws, forms, etc) for any state here: http://www.bipac.net/page.asp?...toolbox&g=SEMAGA
In CA, your replica is supposed to be titled as a SPCN (Special Construction). It is not supposed to be registered as a VW because the car no longer resembles a VW.
As part of the pre-registration process, you can optionally apply for one of the five hundred SB100 numbers available each year. This number is given to the BAR referee and allows them to have your SPCN vehicle exempt from the normal build-year smog checks by instead having it smog checked as year of body resemblance, year of engine, or 1960. Once you get your smog exempt sticker and report, you finish registering the car at which point the permanent smog exemption actually becomes official.
Hi Carl,
Many of us have been through trials and tribulations with our state's DMV's. In all fairness, there are 35 million vehicles registered annually in CA, and only 500 specialty construction permits annually. Small wonder that the clerk who waits on us knows less of the procedure than a well-prepared customer. I always try to mention the best local resource available to all of us: local car clubs. Someone in that club will likely know the best DMV office and and best person in that office to sort out what seems to be a huge mess for our tiny replica share of the larger car world. I try to start a process like that with my best PR foot forward.
Jim, I well know what you're saying!
At DMV I try to be first in line, (before the clerks get frustrated), with my hair combed, teeth brushed, paperwork all in order, and a big smile on my face.
Oh, and if the auto has to be inspected (since that's done in the open) I intentionally pick a day that's either bitter cold or drizzling rain.
Jim, I well know what you're saying!
At DMV I try to be first in line, (before the clerks get frustrated), with my hair combed, teeth brushed, paperwork all in order, and a big smile on my face.
Oh, and if the auto has to be inspected (since that's done in the open) I intentionally pick a day that's either bitter cold or drizzling rain.
