I just received a call from Calif. DMV....I am trying to get my car registered and they have all the paperwork and is ready...BUT....Get this they want proof that the car is a 66....they want something other than the "PINK SLIP" and "VIN #" they want something VISUAL that destiguishes it from other C2's they want it specifically for 66...

Now i have gather up some visual material to prove the year...
All i have is the "66 judging manual and the assembly manual"...i dont think they would understand them...

Do you fellow forum members have any leads to some specific material or ideas to help me get these DMV people up to par on CLASSICS??

THANKS

Jack

 

Bring a hub cap with you.

(Leno for Governator!)

 

does the trim tag have a 66 only color. or a date. you can show the a picture of the hood and point out the emblem is a one year only thing

 

one brake and one backup light on each side

 

Instead of trying to guess what information will satisfy the CA DMV I think it would be a whole lot easier to just ask them what specific information they want as proof.

 

I took a picture of the trim tag, close up and a little farther away, and then showed them the serial number designation for that specific year. It took a little doing and some time, but finally they went............... oh I get it, the car is a 64 Corvette.

Still not sure what that meant but I got the plates and haven't been back since.

 

I sold one of my older cars to a guy in Calif. Ct does not issue titles for cars older than 10 years and all that is required for transfer is a portion that youu tear off the bottom of the registration. CA DMV busted his ***** for over a month and kept asking for more paper work. Finally I sent him an old registration for the car that noted no title was issued. I also gave him the old PA title from the guy I bought the car from. He got them in the end when he said he only paid $100 for the car (he paid $12k) and they accepted that amount ! What a-holes work in the CA DMV

 

While CA cars '75 and older are exempt from biannual smog inspection, it used to be that they still had to be inspected for smog equipment (from '66 on) when they changed hands (as it is illegal to tamper with smog equipment regardless of the car's year). I don't know if this still applies. They may have been doing you a big favor by calling it a '64.

 

Show them a tailight. They were dated. Or the seat belt, but be sure they say 66 on them. Bill.

 

your In Redding --tell them to stuff it and move up here to oregon--2 year registration and mostly no hassells no sales tax either Glenn ps on older cars 80 bucks buys you life time registration and u can use one origional plate too

 

My 65 was from out of state so I took it down to Calif DMV and they inspected it including the VIN and trim tags which all I had to do was point to them. That was all beside paying the sales tax and registration

 

Sorry, maybe I didn't make it clear that I was registering a 64. I know the OP is talking about a 66, but I used my experience with my 64 as a means to show him of a way it could be done.

 

It's over im legal now

jack

 

fixed it for ya...

 

now thats a good one.. dont remind me...

jack

 

I have had to do this a number of times for the CA DMV.

The easiest method is to take the paperwork to an AAA office (AutoClub). They can verify the model year and process the paperwork for title transfer for the DMV.

Verification of model year is usually handled by the CHP. Ask the DMV for a Temporary permit to operate the car and drive it to the local CHP office for a VIN verification (make sure the car is legal to drive - the Temporary permit). If you trailer the car the temporary permit is not needed.

With the VIN verification from the CHP, you have to go back to the DMV and finalize the registration paperwork.

It's California (People's Republick of Kalifornication).

I allowed the registration on a Spitfire to lapse for over a decade. When I removed the competition equipment and returned it to street legal status for my Wife, the CA DMV refused to recognize their own CA issued title (the original "pink slip" title). When I wanted to register the car, I had to verify the VIN with the CHP, and sign an affidavit of ownership, and then an affidavit of non-operation on legal highways before they would issue a title. The CHP officer laughed when I brought the car over for inspection, because none of the numbers matched except the body VIN (both the engine & block VIN, and windshield & windshield frame VIN, had been replaced over the years). The officer even allowed that the process is an exercise in government incompetence, because there is very little chance of chop-shop parts finding their way into classic cars (the average salvage title Toyota's and Honda's are another story).

Good Luck!

 

Registered many cars from out of state here in CA, never heard of something so ridiulous