Thread: general registration questions

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specific help for Virginia if anyone has any. I thought I had seen a post or two about registration before from a VA member. First, my dad has owned the car since '58 (off the road since '63 or so), but we don't have the title. My dad believes it was in his dad's name and still should be. So we are going the check the NJ DMV with a death certificate to try and get it reissued to me/my dad. Once we do that I hope it will be fairly painless to register in Virginia.

We want to drive it July 4th weekend in a parade. This will be the 4 year mark in this build and the parade is around a fairly private gated lake. Can you register a car that is not "complete"? We probably won't have everything needed to completely pass an inspection (still safe but, just a little more than 'around the block' complete). I understand the DMV will send someone out to place the DMV issued VIN tag. Does it need to be roadworthy to have this tag put on? Do I need this number issued to the car if we have the original title or is that only for reconstructed cars, replica cars, etc.?

Thanks for the help!