Re: DOT and EPA standards

["Robert Rooney" <dmcvegas@xxxx>]

There are a load of specialty plates available here in Nevada, so 
I'll just stick to the 2 that affect the D the most...
"Classic Rod" plates (which the D will be eligible for in January) 
have no smog, 'customization', or milage restrictions. But as I was 
told from a DMV person, "Classic Vehicle" plates have all three 
restrictions. If you end up with plates that have either a mileage 
customizing restriction, you must provide with your vehicle every 
year a signed affadavit from a certified car apprasier the milage of 
the vehicle, and/or the orignality of the vehicle. In other words, if 
you had cloth seats installed to replace the leather, or even added 
on driving lights, you have not kept the car original and therefore 
are ineligable to obtain/retain the "Classic Vehicle" plates! The 
same if your drive over the mileage limit!
Long story short, if I get the Classic Rod plates for my car, 
the state expects me to chop and customize my car to the point where 
I will no longer be able to pass a smog check, so they will make me 
exempt. If in the process I remove the catalyitc converter or any 
other emissions equipment, they take the stance of, "If you remove 
it, we don't want to know about it." Whether this would violate a 
federal EPA law, I don't know. But No one could find out since I 
would no longer be required to pass a yearly inspection.
The moral of the story: Check with your DMV office for both 
elegibility requirements AND restrictions of special plates or other 
wise first before you choose one.

-Robert
vin 6585



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, "jtrealty@xxxx " <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote:
> The 20 year mark is used by some state dmv's to allow you to get 
> antique plates. It is also used by some insurance companies to
> qualify 
> for antique insurance. It is also an informal point of demarcation 
> for many car shows.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, Cliff Andrews <fen2k@xxxx> wrote:
> > Hi list.. i had been reasearching the idea of free
> > flow exhaust etc for my car.. i was under the
> > impression that a car hit "antique" status at 20 years
> > and these mods could be performed..butt...
> > 
> > I talked to a DOT representative yesterday that is
> > pretty high up there in the food chain, he too is a
> > exotic car collector (ferrari) and made it very clear
> > to me that it takes 25 years to be exempt from DOT and
> > EPA standards. So im wondering where everyone is
> > getting the 20 year rule?
> > 
> > cliff
> > 10854
> > 
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