<VV> Corvairs with 'Antique' plates

[Ken Clark]

I bought a van in Florida last year and the previous owner took his plate off and I drove home to IN.  Took about 15 min. at the license bureau to check numbers an be on my way.  Ken Clark

 

 
> From: airvair at earthlink.net
> To: jekepler at amplex.net; gjjs at att.net; VirtualVairs at corvair.org
> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:08:48 -0400
> Subject: Re: <VV> Corvairs with 'Antique' plates
> 
> Back in '71 I bought my '67 convert in Massachusetts. The only way I could
> "legally" get it back would have been to go up there with a flatbed trailer
> OR to go up there, get the bill of sale (Mass was not a title state at the
> time), bring it back, and apply for an Ohio temp tag. Then return to Mass
> and drive the car home on the temp tag. Neither of which I could do (for
> various reasons). So what I did was remove the plates from my daily
> (Corvair) driver, go to Mass and buy the car, put the plates on it, and
> drive it home with my fingers crossed, hoping that I'd neither get stopped
> or have an accident. Which in that case, I would have simply had to hope
> the cop would be sympathetic and look the other way.
> 
> Nowadays, when you "import" a car from out of state, you have to have it
> "inspected" by a licensed inspector before you can file for its paperwork.
> (Actually, all he does is check to see if the VIN on the car matches the
> VIN on the paperwork.) Since few will travel to your house, in order to be
> "legal" you end up having to trailer the car there and back. Thankfully,
> many inspectors are usually sympathetic and will "look the other way" if
> you drive it there.
> 
> Let's face it. Most states barely recognize that people can and do buy cars
> from out of state, instead of ONLY local in-state dealers and individuals.
> Heck, few states even recognize that car collectors even exist, so laws
> "designed" to protect the average citizen from fraud and other illegal
> schemes often tend to be "inconvenient nusiances" hindering otherwise
> law-abiding, legitimate hobbyists.
> 
> The problem is that most state legislators are "average" citizens who don't
> stop to think past the average car owners' normal activities. Few are car
> collectors themselves, let alone being aware of our "special" needs. And to
> make matters worse, while you MAY be able to find your local representative
> sympathetic, in order to do anything about any given problem you also have
> to wake up the large majority of other legislators. THAT is why it's all
> but impossible to get anything but lip service from them. Our car
> collectors' niggly little legal entanglements aren't usually enough to
> garner much attention on their radar screens.
> 
> -Mark
> 
> > [Original Message]
> > From: John Kepler <jekepler at amplex.net>
> > Subject: Re: <VV> Corvairs with 'Antique' plates/but no Corvair
> >
> > "Some food for thought next time you buy or sell a car to a private
> party. 
> > I purchased a car in FL last year and was required to get a temporary
> plate
> > from the FL DMV in order to drive back to IL where it would be titled and
> > licensed"
> >
> > Repeat after me....Trailers are your friend...trailers are your friend!
> > This a lesson learned the VERY hard way back in the Dark Ages of youth,
> > inexperience, lack of foresight/funds and showroom stock racing!
> 
> 
 		 	   		  
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