Kurt Hirte wrote:I go thru a lot of trucks, and one of the best ideas I ever had or took from someone else was to sign up for AAA. The rates are low and if you bypass having to go to DMV once it is worth it in my opinion. Our local office has a very friendly staff, comfy couches to wait your turn on (a very short, if any, wait) and even a smog check station. I can't say enough good things about AAA for getting title and registration taken care of. And, you get the roadside assistance too. May be worth checking into. Kurt
I've used the free towing almost every year since I joined in the 80's. They hate me now , but man, when I had my M37 flatbeded for 200 miles for free - that made it worth the extra cash for the AAA+ (or whatever your local branch calls it).
You can trust your mother, but you can't trust your ground.
nick,
have you got the mean green machine tagged yet?
i was reading through this post, im still tagged in va, when i finally switch
over, its going to be a nightmare, i know it, what do they mean by fully restored in pa? i mean i have the original rims, most the glass is replaced,
ita 73,i sure is hell not going to repaint it back to olive drab just to get it passed, besides, how do those brain dead yahoos, know what the original
color is on a 73 m35a2, they dont
kevin
Yes, I got the truck licensed back in January. I had problems with the state the first time because I wasn't aware that the truck had to be completely painted "before" they will consider it for antique tags. My numbnut insurance guy who did all my paperwork didn't inform me of this. So, I was rejected the first time around (guess they didn't like the four shades of primer in the pictures). Anyway jump to round 2 and I made damn sure I took nice crisp photos of the truck after I had finished painting it. Got the tag and title within 1 week after sending it in the second time.
All the "fully restored " line means is that the truck needs to be painted, not primered in a rainbow of colors. I doubt the Bureau of motor vehicles people here have a clue as to what the actual color of the truck was, so long as its one color or just a complete color scheme. Just make sure you take your pictures on an overcast day or at an angle that hides any blemishes. I hadn't painted the inside of the bed at the time I took the pictures so made sure that I took shots at an angle that wouldn't reveal anything I didn't want the DMV geniuses to see. I wanted no excuses for them to reject me a second time.
Nickathome wrote:
I had problems with the state the first time because I wasn't aware that the truck had to be completely painted "before" they will consider it for antique tags.
A friend redoing a Camaro side-stepped the whole thing by finding pictures of a restored car like his on the internet...and submitting those! Meanwhile his car was in 200 pieces on his garage floor...
Nickathome wrote:
I had problems with the state the first time because I wasn't aware that the truck had to be completely painted "before" they will consider it for antique tags.
A friend redoing a Camaro side-stepped the whole thing by finding pictures of a restored car like his on the internet...and submitting those! Meanwhile his car was in 200 pieces on his garage floor...
That is funny, howeve your "friend" is taking a major chance doing that, should he decide to take the car for a ride right after its put back together. If he were to get stopped by a cop who is versed in the antique laws, he could make it pretty hard on your buddy. All he has to see is a primered up car, or one full of dents etc and if he knows the law, he's gonna detect the scam right away.
I only said what I said as a joke and wouldn't ever try it because wit hthe luck I have Id be pulled over the instant the truck got onto the pavement.
He has, and continues to, drive the car around in primer...his excuse would be "its going in for paint", and that the pictures were accurate when it was licensed...
I'm not going to play with the antique tags for my '37, just going to have it inspected once a year and drive it as normal.
Alot of people shy away from antique plates for various reasons, however from my standpoint, I don't want to mess around with yearly inspections from idiots who more than likely don't have a clue as to how to work on an old war horse like these trucks. And knowing how most garages are these days, they will surely find something to fail your inspection on, thereby costing you more money for them to "rectify" a blown tailight, or your brakes are worn and need replacement, etc. I don't drive my truck much so the antique plates are fine, the biggest plus is no yearly inspections or registration fees.
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was to sign up for AAA. The rates are low and if you bypass having to go to DMV once it is worth it in my opinion. Our local office has a very friendly staff, comfy couches to wait your turn on (a very short, if any, wait) and even a smog check station. I can't say enough good things about AAA for getting title and registration taken care of. And, you get the roadside assistance too. May be worth checking into. Kurt
, but man, when I had my M37 flatbeded for 200 miles for free - that made it worth the extra cash for the AAA+ (or whatever your local branch calls it).
