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| | | | Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 285 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 285 | Can anyone help with information regarding the process for registering a 1953 GMC? I have a signed title, but the truck does not have any lighting at all. Will this be an issue? Is there an initial inspection required for "antique" or "classic" plates?
I would ask at our local tax collector's office but... they're slightly incompetent.
Last edited by gusco; 02/05/2016 8:11 PM.
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 256 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 256 | Gus: every state is different. I was just looking at your Texas DMV website. It has all the information you need. Looks like you'll need an inspection so yes the lighting is going to be an issue for you. I live in Missouri and I got by really easy getting my 48 registered. Not so easy in Texas. Good luck. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | with the 5yr antique plates you do not have to get an inspection, how ever the vehicle can not be used for a daily driver... only to shows, parades, maintenance and such... even though you would not have to have it inspected you still would not want to drive it at dark, you for sure would get a ticket for that you would still have to go to your local tax office and get it register, prof of ins, title and such and pay the tax this may help you out
Last edited by joker; 02/06/2016 2:34 AM.
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | You can get the title transferred to your name without registering it. Then when it is ready, get it inspected and tagged. By the way, and Gusco probably already knows this, the requirement for inspection before registration just came into being last year. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | are you saying now that you have to have inspection if you have antique plates? that is new for sure, I knew about the single sticker but site said no inspection if you had antique plates..maybe I stand to be corrected..
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 285 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 285 | That inspection is especially what I'm worried about since it's but ready for that. I suppose I'm going to have to go in to the office and see what process they're going to want to follow. Thanks for the help and tips. | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | No Joker, you don't need inspection for antique plates. Only for regular registrations.
On a side note, I didn't get renewal papers for my travel trailer because it hasn't been inspected since new. Trailers over a certain weight now must be inspected before registration. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 285 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 285 | Yeah, same happened to my dad and I on a pop-up camper we share. Gotta take it in for inspection  I'm not worried about it passing, just an inconvenience that wasn't previously there. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 285 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 285 | Update: I took a signed title, Bill of Sale (wasn't needed), insurance, title application, and antique application and walked out with plates.
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 285 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 285 | Correction: I walked out with A plate. I applied for antique plates, as I won't be driving this much. Anyone know if it goes on the front or on the back? | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | cletis,
Is that because the lighted plate-holder is in the rear?
Is a lighted plate holder a requirement.
It would have been in NY in 1953 - the plate has to go with the lamp. | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | It is because that is the standard place to put your tag when you only have one tag. I have never seen anyone run only a front and I suspect running none on the rear would be a reason for a traffic stop.
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