<VV> Corvairs with 'Antique' plates

Sun Mar 28 23:44:42 EDT 2010

Mark:

Wow!

I never had a problem like that.  I bought the convertible from a Canadian
in Michigan.  I did have to get a customs release so I drove it up to
Toledo, the Customs Officer checked the VIN against the title, told me it
should have been "exported" by the seller.  I explained he was on the way
home when he learned I was interested.  Paperwork signed.  Then the next day
I drove it to Kenton from Ada, stopped at a shop that I knew did the
inspection.  Got the paperwork, drove to the 
DMV office and got my new plates, took off the Canadian plates and put on
the Ohio plates.  Drove home.

In November of 2007 I bought a diesel pusher motor home in Oregon, got a 15
day temporary Oregon registration with paper tag.  Put the tag on the
driver's side window because there is no window at the rear and drove down
to L.A. and across I-10 then north to Ohio.  35 foot motor home, tall as a
truck, with no metal tags, and never even got a raised eyebrow.

Perhaps you lack my boyish charm?    <very big grin>

Ken

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 8:54 PM
To: Jim Houston
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Subject: Re: <VV> Corvairs with 'Antique' plates

Must be nice. Not the case in Ohio. The process here is as I described, and
a royal PITA, and totally INconvenient to purchases from out of state.

-Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jim Houston 
To: airvair at earthlink.net
Cc: John Kepler; Geoffrey Stozek; VirtualVairs at corvair.org
Sent: 3/28/2010 6:29:35 PM 
Subject: Re: Corvairs with 'Antique' plates

In Florida, the local sheriffs have "Citizen On Patrol" or COPS - they are
like an auxiliary.  When I needed my Corsa inspected, I called them and a
COP came by the house, verified the VIN, signed the title application and
said "Have a nice day"...  They don't charge a fee, but they will accept a
tip..  I gave her $5 and everybody was happy!

Jim Houston
'65 Corsa

On 3/28/2010 6:08 PM, airvair at earthlink.net wrote: 
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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