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Good to hear your day improved once you got with the inspector, sounds like he was a good man! I really like the look of the car Roger, going to be a way kewl driver! Congrats on getting the paperwork part of the build near done!

Clever way to reposition ! I sometimes get a light bulb going off when I'm getted frustrated with something like this, mind you most of the time it's the hammer going off and not the light bulb!

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Originally Posted by stovens

Clever way to reposition ! I sometimes get a light bulb going off when I'm getting frustrated with something like this, mind you most of the time it's the hammer going off and not the light bulb!

Yeah Steve, when I tried to back up and couldn't move it without tire slip I thought, "Why not just winch it sideways?" I'd never try it with a dry surface, but as slick as it was it just made sense, and then it actually worked!

Originally Posted by Wagner75

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Thanks! And welcome! Glad to have you here and hope that you find this place to be a good place to hang out!

Trim rings arrived - thanks for the nudge Uncle Bob.
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Slow day on the roadster. Pulled the steering wheel to correct alignment, and got my paperwork sorted. The inspector strongly advised to have separate bills of sale for the body, chassis, trans, engine and "everything else ", saying with one BOS they might assume it was all assembled and reject the package. Seriously? Whatever, I'll fix it!

Rims look SWEET!

Definitely a good choice. Dark colored wheels with black wall tires need something for contrast at the rim. I've had the rings on my '31 since I built it.

So the other day I looked at some info on the 700R4 that said ideally the 1 to 2 shift point should be around 20mph, and to increase the RPM or make the shift point more firm, tighten the throttle cable. I was messing with that, got it up to about 15MPH but it doesn't seem to be shifting out of 2nd. Like the Lil' Nash Rambler song, "Hey Buddy, Can you tell me? How do I get this thing OUT OF SECOND GEARRRR?"
Talked to a friend who had a similar problem a few years back, and his tranny guy told him that if you let a freshly rebuilt 700R4 sit with no fluid fill for a month or two it's likely that the valves will hang up when you install it. He had that happen on one he put in an old GM cab over, sat for two months, and the guy came and dropped the pan, lowered the valve body and did a digital exercise of the shift valves. Sounds kind of like getting your prostate checked..... but he said when they buttoned it up it shifted like a new one! Told him mine sat for seven years!!! Hoping it's not major surgery!
So it sounds like the roadster is going to get loaded on the trailer to visit the tranny guy... Not what I had planned, but I really, really don't want to burn up the clutch pack in this baby.
On a good note, my Hagerty guy finally got back to me with the quote, and I was pleasantly surprised! They considered it "unfinished" since the interior isn't done, and gave me a killer rate! With proof of insurance I can visit the Tax, Title & Tag lady next week!

No big update, but I did get an appointment time at the DMV today to let them assess taxes and fees and apply for the title & tag. Initially the on-line system told me to be there at 9am, but soon the time was shifting later with no explanation. As I got about 1/2 way there I got a text saying "Leave for DMV now", and as I arrived around 10am it tole me I had a 22 minute wait. Finally got inside with a clerk at 11:15am. The process was painfully slow, and the clerk couldn't understand simple legal terms, like why a Bill of Sale would have an invoice attached that was in the sellers name? Well, how about to prove ownership? She insisted that any invoices in the sellers name be removed! Hoping that doesn't cause a problem when someone with a brain looks at the copies.... I expected to walk away with a new tag, but she explained that they changed the process a few years back, and now the paperwork goes to the main office in Topeka (state capital), and after they review they send the title & tag in a couple of weeks. Instead I got a paper temp tag, but at least a tag!

Hauling it to the shop next Monday to let the guy look at the tranny, then a visit to the front end shop and it should be OK for play! C'mon Roadster weather!

She must be related to the idiot johnboy had to deal with when he tried to get his bus registered.

Originally Posted by NTFDAY

She must be related to the idiot johnboy had to deal with when he tried to get his bus registered.

It's very likely they both got taught their job by reading the same book..."How to be a Bureaucrat in Five Easy Lessons."

Man you really had some hoops to jump thru to get that HotRod on the road. When I finished the wife's truck.

Made up the vin had a metal tag stamped, pop riveted it to the door jam.. Called the Sheriff, comes by has a look. Hands me the paper work, off to the tag agency.


Am curious, is the body a Ford produced part? If not, would that have made any difference ?

Originally Posted by pepi

Man you really had some hoops to jump thru to get that HotRod on the road. When I finished the wife's truck.

Made up the vin had a metal tag stamped, pop riveted it to the door jam.. Called the Sheriff, comes by has a look. Hands me the paper work, off to the tag agency.


Am curious, is the body a Ford produced part? If not, would that have made any difference ?

No, it's fiberglass and in Kansas if you make any significant changes to original iron, like a later model power train, it's no longer considered an "Antique" and falls into the category of "Assembled Specialty Equipment Vehicle", along with anything with a reproduction frame, body, etc. About all you can get away with on a true antique vehicle any more is a different engine that's of about the same vintage, and upgraded brakes if you play the "safety" card. It's all about taxes. First is sales tax, and even though my Bills of Sale state clearly, "For the sum of $_____, inclusive of all sales tax..." she insisted that she was required to collect the sales tax on anything that didn't show a specific amount of tax paid to a vendor. When I offered that it was the seller's responsibility to pay the tax, she said "It doesn't work like that. I collect sales tax." Next is Personal Property Tax, and they want a receipt for anything and everything purchased to go on the car, to establish the "Purchase Price". There's then a diminishing scale for Personal Property Tax on vehicles, paid each year as part of the license fees. I think the PPT on my 2005 Jeep was $30, and on my 2017 F150 was $375. It may be different in some of the more rural counties, but we have the option of going to the DMV where we live, or to the DMV office in the capital, not to any county we want, and that's AFTER getting your new VIN inspection.

After 2 hours waiting in the parking lot, two hours watching her try to figure out how to input the data and adding numbers repeatedly I was $1,905 lighter and left with a temporary tag, hoping that the state accepts the package she assembled.....

There's a bill on the governor's desk to allow any type of modifications to vehicles over 35 years old while retaining the "Antique" classification for cheaper tags and no Property Tax. It won't help me, as it only applies to OEM vehicles, not reproductions.

Ouch! Hoping when I reop my vehicle I don't go thru this

Yeah, I've had guys tell me that I'm crazy, and that they didn't do "....any of that crap" when they registered THEIR car, but that was 40+ years ago. A guy here bought a glass '32 coupe from a hot rod shop in Indiana, and they had titled it as a "1932 Ford Coupe". When he took it to the Highway Patrol Vehicle Inspection Station they looked at it, looked at the VIN (they have a book that shows the location, type size, font and special dies like stars or diamonds that the factory used year by year) and told him that they would not issue a title for the car "because it is NOT a 1932 Ford", and that if they ever saw the car on the road in Kansas they would call a tow truck and impound it on the spot for vehicle fraud, and he wouldn't get it back! He was fortunate that he had trailered the car to be inspected, and that the Indiana shop he purchased from took the car back and refunded his money, saying they'd just sell it in state.

The rules are different state to state, and SEMA SAN has a great summary of the rules that they keep current. I cringe every time I read a post on FB where some guy says he's got an old car, and is looking for an old title so he can use that VIN. That's a good way to lose a car, and perhaps have a felony conviction on your record, at least in this part of Kansas!