Re: [MV] Historical Vehicle Plates in Calif.

From: Dave Ball (vought@msn.com)
Date: Sun Aug 25 2002 - 22:29:18 PDT


My WC52 came from Greece to California by way of Sarafan and got historical
plates the next week.

Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul A. Thomas" <bluewhale@jaxkneppers.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Historical Vehicle Plates in Calif.

> I suggest calling the DMV at local offices and in Sacto a dozen times. I
> went through this recently with them: every answer I received was
> different. I had estimates from DMV personnel ranging from $160 to over
> $2000 to get the deuce I bought up to date ( had not been registered for
> two years ). Final actual tab was under $150.
> If you're a member of CSAA you might try calling them: they may have a
> 'rules' expert on staff who might be able to help.
>
> It makes no sense saying it has to be registered for a year as commercial
> before becoming a historical vehicle. But then this does show our tax
> dollars hard at work. One thought I've seen posted here a lot: try
> outlying 'farm' type towns to check with. They usually are less hurried,
> more likely to have run across a vehicle which doesn't fit the rules and
> thus won't faint when you ask them to do this. <g>
>
> Good Luck
>
>
> Paul
> '53 REO M5 Fire Conversion
> '53 AEC Chevy 3/4 Ton
> Bay Pointe, Ca
>
>
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