Hey pg, just wondering if you are still pursing this purchase? There are many things you need to consider if you think you found your dream car. There are risks associated with making a long distance purchase like this if you still are moving ahead with this. I'll just highlight one. There are others I'll mention if you still are going ahead with this purchase. There was a thread here on his forum from a guy in Cali like you who went ahead and made a long distance purchase back east here (I think it was from a dealer in New Jersey). To make a long story short, he purchased the vehicle, shipped it to Cali and then went to register the vehicle. He had indicated in his post that the DMV in Cali would not let him register the vehicle there because it did not have some govermental tag under the hood indicating the vehicle has essentially met California air quality emission standards/compliance. As it did not, he was unable to register it. In addition I believe he mentioned the state of California also put a blackmark in their records about this vehicle so that he could never register the vehicle in your state. This prevented him from ever selling the vehicle to someone in the state. What a nightmare, he now had to find someone out of state to purchase this vehicle. Not sure if he still had to pay state sales tax in Cali. So first, what you need do is find out from the state of Cali DMV what specific requirements they have for registering an out-of-state vehicle. Pay particular attention to requirements as they pertain to vehicle emission requirements. Anyway, there are other issues as well to consider if you want to cover all your bases. I'll look for your return reply if you want additional inputs and suggestions. Best regards.

****UPDATE****

I just found a link on this forum to a similar Cali purchase that will be helpful for you in learning what is required in Cali.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...egulation.html