How to title a hot rod
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You are issued one plate for rear of the car and street rod plates have an inspection date of April of each year, irregardless of owner birthday, so that it provides for the fact most street rods are stored in New Hampshire's long winter. Go to | You are issued one plate for rear of the car and street rod plates have an inspection date of April of each year, irregardless of owner birthday, so that it provides for the fact most street rods are stored in New Hampshire's long winter. Go to | ||
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XXI/261/261-89-b.htm for official law. | http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XXI/261/261-89-b.htm for official law. | ||
| + | ===New Jersey=== | ||
| + | Call the title department of the NJ MVS. | ||
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| + | '''Historic and Hot Rod plates..''' | ||
| + | ''GoTo'' www.state.nj.us/mvc.. | ||
| + | ''select Top Button='' 'Vehicles'.. | ||
| + | ''select Side Button='' 'Licence Plates'.. | ||
| + | ''scroll down to select='' 'Specialty Plates'.. | ||
| + | ''scroll down to select='' 'Special Vehicals'.. | ||
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| + | other odd title information.. | ||
| + | ''goto'' www.state.nj.us/mvc.. | ||
| + | ''select Top Button='' 'Vehicals'.. | ||
| + | ''scroll down under'' 'Titles'.. | ||
| + | ''select='' '"Special Vehical" Titles'.. | ||
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| + | The above was researched by Chester Breder and is the only way to find this information on the NJ web site. i'm not sure about the following information. | ||
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| + | Any car significantly modified beyond original must be titled as a new car. There a special rules to make titling easy for custom vehicals and you must get a safety inspection. | ||
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| + | A significantly modified vehicle must be titled with a new title in the year it was finished. The car can not be titled with what matches the original body. So a 1931 model A coupe with a 61 chevy engine, a mustang II front end and a Jag rear can not be titled as a 1931 Model A. It is no longer the original car, it is a new one off car. A car that is not legally titled is also not legally registered. A car that is not legally registered and not legally titled is not insurable. The insureance company may decide they do not want to pay for your accident and use the fact the car is not legal as the reason to not pay. | ||
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| + | Sorry I can not report more, I was inquiring about getting a legal title for a historic vehicle and got sidetracked. | ||
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| + | Feel free to call the NJ MVS title division to confirm the above facts. | ||
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| + | I called the NJMVS and requested their titling/registration package for what they describe as a "specialty vehicle". A lot of red tape, but bottom line is that you need to document entire build with corresponding costs...They want to see how much you paid for everything so that they can charge sales tax, just like if you purchased a new vehicle off of the lot. If you have sales receipts for parts that the tax was already paid, that I guess would be exempt. As I get further into this, I'll post update or revise as necessary. | ||
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| + | Update by steve392 on 10/3/07...Got further into it with NJMVS. A specialty (or reconstructed) vehicle will be titled in the year in which it is completed. So instead of having a '41 Willys, '32 Ford, etc., if you title it this year, it will officially be a 2007. The make will be "REC" (for reconstructed) and the model will be "Custom". | ||
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| + | ===New Mexico=== | ||
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