Thread: general registration questions

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I always find it best to just go down to the local DMV and ask them, preferrably before you invest a bunch of time/money. Even in the same state, the interpretation of the rules change from one DMV to the next. In Texas we always went to one town and not another because they used a different, and much simpler, way to do it.
I know you have the history on the car and this is a sidebar but many people have waited until the car was built and then had problems. I have even heard of a previous owner coming with a slideback and taking a car that he held the legal title to. Not what you want to see happen to a build that took 4 years and $30,000.

Good advice about the DMV. However on an Antique, Rebuilt or Replica vehicle in Virginia, the ONLY way to get good info is to call the main office. The local DMV offices only know how to take care of every-day registrations, titles, etc. They're clueless on special issue.

Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

Good advice about the DMV. However on an Antique, Rebuilt or Replica vehicle in Virginia, the ONLY way to get good info is to call the main office. The local DMV offices only know how to take care of every-day registrations, titles, etc. They're clueless on special issue.

I can totally relate to that. When I lived in Tejas, I would go in with all the correct information to do something (like register a classic) and it would send the blue-hairs into a frenzy of running around in circles, bumping into each other and dropping things. Once I even had to insist they call Austin because their book was wrong in one situation. They should have paid me for training.

The NJ DMV has nothing on record for this car that far back. So I will probably be starting from scratch in VA on this car as I won't be able to transfer a title. I'm in no rush right now though...it seems my July 4th deadline is approaching fast and car time is limited..

Thanks guys!

I think the biggest hurdle will be proof of ownership of the chassis and/or body. I suggest you call the DMV central office, tell them that your father has owned the car for 52 years, but there is no title. There may be some method of filing an affidavit to establish ownership.

I see on the DMV website a form for a replacement title when the owner is deceased so hopefully that with a death certificate of my grandfather and old registrations will pass as proof of ownership. That is exactly my situation except the 'owner' died 50 years ago