Going to buy a 29 Ford Model A hot-rod. Aftermarket frame ( unknown year ) Original body, 1980 Ford 302 Motor. Registered in Nevada with special plates that say "Street Rod" and the plate only has 4 numbers. I live in california and want to know if I will have to smog this car. I know 1975 and older are exempt but is the motor year a problem? Is the special plates going to throw a red flag?
Please add references if available|||The Nevada plates stay with the current owner. You will have to get new plates for California.
The seller should have a valid Nevada title for the complete vehicle, and it will depend on how the title reads as to what the smog testing requirements are when you transfer to CA. Since it's a custom-built vehicle, I'm sure there will need to be some sort of inspection before you can get the title transfered, but I'm not sure how it's done in CA. Most of my vehicle purchases and title transfers have been in the other direction, from CA to NV.
Probably wouldn't hurt to talk to someone at your friendly local California DMV office before you go through with this deal.|||This is a preexisting automobile, and as such will have a title. It depends on how the registration was worked, and who at the California DMV you talk to.
There is a good chance that it will be exempt it it is registered as a 29 Ford, but if there is a build date this might complicate the issue.
Once you have the title in hand, you should take it in for registration and get the right answer at from a state employee.|||Depends on how you register it.
If you're going to register it as a street rod, or an antique, or other special plate type, you very well could be exempt from smog.
But if you're putting regular tags on it, you won't be exempt.
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