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I have an appt with DMV tomorrow AM and was wondering if they will require me to have this 49 3100 inspected. I had a Korean War jeep once and no one ever even looked at it. I'm hoping the same is true here.

Thanks in advance for a tip on this

SEMA SAN

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Click on California.

It's a good place to start.

If you need more information, get an attorney and consult local in State car/truck clubs.

Good luck,

-W

There is no safety inspection requirement in CA. Smog inspection is required on 76 up vehicles. If you have current registration in another state you should have no problem. If you have a paperwork jumble or bill of sale it will probably require a VIN check by the CHP or other Police agency. If this is the case you can expect 2 trips. Beleive it or not they are getting better.
I breezed right through last summer to register a 47 Willys I bought. It had a non-op and a good title.
Sometimes it depends on which office you pick.
Fred

Thanks for that. There are 58 pages of Kalif regs....I think I found my answer on pg 43.

Thanks Fred. That's what I had thought but was not sure. I do have the paperwork and a Bill of Sale too, but the old title from Georgia should do the trick.. I had that Korean War M-38 Army Jeep a few years back and that was not even a problem..

Mark

Just curious what your Georgia title used for a vin number? Engine number, door post number, assigned number.

Check your 58 pages of regs and see if you need a vin inspection before you register it in California.

Good luck

Hello- if it is a out of state title you will have to get a vin inspection to register it in calif

If it is from out of state you may also need to get it weighed. My brother-in-law moved here from MN a few years ago and when he tried to reg his F150 they made him get a certified weight from a commercial scale. You for sure will need evidence of liability insurance.
Good luck, I am registering my 49 that I have had non-oped for the last 17 years tomorrow. I have an appt with my Insurance co in the morning and the afternoon will be at DMV.

Took me 15 mins with my insurance agent and 10 mins with the DMV to get my new tags. Thank God for DMV's appointment system.

DMV is always an adventure. I had an appt but still waited an hour. Have to go back with certified weight and to check vin... I had thought the new vintage look tags were available but on if some huge number of people apply. Old sets on flea bay are hugely expensive. At least I can drive her now and get used to the old technology....once it stops raining that is...

I don't know if you are in this state already or not, but be sure you get it registered within I think it is 2 weeks or 10 days from the time you bring it in, or at least tell them so with no paper trail. When I first moved here, I had a pickup and wifes car 10 years ago, and with time penalty (I think it was 3 weeks), I had a $800 and some dollar registration fee. I thought the girl was messing with me, nope, welcome to sunny CA. Considering my PA registration would have been like 60 bucks, ouch. I had my 60 vette here in pieces for about 7 years, and once I finished restoring it, I took it to get the front end aligned, and had a guy meet me there that did registration work, and he took care of everythinhg, and yes he did need to see the vin number. I told him I just brought it in to the state last week. Cost a couple extra bucks, but was well worth it in my grief.

7500 applications by Jan 1, 2015.

Now ya'll got me worried. I started the registration process about 2 years ago, gave them my money. Never went back for the vin verification. Hopefully, I can complete the process through AAA???

I got a 60 day temp reg that I have taped to the back window. Just got it weighed and now have to go for vin verification. Mine has the original spot lite on the left (dlr installed option) but I'm told I have to deactivate it in Kalif. Hopefully there's a fuse I can pull or, like some Jeeps, I can cover it.

I kinda doubt that AAA will do the vin verification but don't hurt to ask.

Hopefully your VIN number on the paperwork matches what is on the truck. In California and many other states they used the engine number for ID (VIN). If someone changed out the engine you could have additional trips in store. My 1952 had a 1953 replacement engine. I had printed out all the information about the engine numbering system and the info from the actual ID tag on the door post but none of that helped. It didn't match what the CHP officer had in his book (or he didn't know how to use it). Took two more weeks of his "research" before he would re-examine it, finally giving the okay. Wishing you better luck.

Chuck

Well, it was an Arizona registered vehicle. And the paper matches the door. I don't think the 5.7 tuned port would match anything on the papers.

On mine the vin on the paper work matches what's on the door plate but I was told the same number should be some where else on the truck too. Not sure where. My engine is from a 56. I have 60 days to get this done. Had her weighed yesterday.

The door post number is not duplicated anywhere else on the truck.

Time to get some stamps?

Whoever you are dealing with on the VIN verification is not up to speed. They didn't start putting the VIN in multiple locations until sometime in the mid 60's.

partial vin numbers were stamped on the top of the drivers side frame rail starting with the 2nd series 55's .... no one has come up with any GM documentation, but it's been discussed here a number of times

Bill

This I know for a fact, as far as 55.2 series go. When I had my truck apart I checked the vin numbers on the frame and the cab, and they matched.

I'll just take my iPad into DMV and show them this thread.