Hi
You can do a lot of things and get away with it fine. But from personal
experience I can fore warn you that if you get in an accident and you can
not show that you were CLEARLY using the truck with-in the restrictions of
the Antique or Historic Plate rules; the FIRST thing that will be destroyed
in the accident will be your liability and property damage coverage :( If
you dont like that thought then you have to register and insure it as a
normal commercial vehicle.
regards;
Glenn Shaw
----- Original Message -----
From: <kstrain@earthlink.net>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] CA hardtop law?
> I have a M35A2c registered in California with " Historical " license
plates.
> The DMV inspected the truck and said nothing about back up lights, they
tried
> to get me to bring in a weight cirt. but I stated that it was exempt as a
> historical vehicle. In california you are to only drive it to and from
prades
> or events. I use it for my ranch truck, to run to the dump, to hunt with,
to 4
> wheel to baja, ect. I pass CHP officers ALL the time and have never been
> stopped or questioned about the truck. I have several friends with the
same
> truck and the have reported the same. If any one wants to talk about it
give me
> a call at (415) 440-4044. buy the way most people know about the
historical
> plates, they are quite rare, and even the DMV does not know the rules that
> apply to them, as I looked up the rules on the DMV web site, and spent
several
> hours at the Petaluma office
> registering the truck, and informing the DMV of their own rules and regs.
> kstrain@earthlink.net
>
> mblair1@home.net wrote:
>
> > "Randy Orpe" <sgtorpe@sierratel.com> wrote:
> > > Well that's a new one. I guess we won't be able to register some new
SUVs
> > > either because they have soft tops too.
> > [...]
> > > Cab tops are not an issue ( so don't bring it up ), operational
> > > brakes and lights are.
> >
> > I didn't have any trouble with my soft top/soft door HMMWV, and I've
> > never been stopped, even when driving with the doors off, and smiling
> > and waving at motorcycle cops, wearing clothes which don't look
> > anything like any military uniform.
> >
> > There's no vehicle safety inspection for new registrations in CA.
> > There's a VIN verification inspection (which can be performed by the
> > DMV, a peace officer, or a VIN verification service), and you'll need
> > a weight certificate. Although proper lights are required, there is no
> > inspection to verify that they're there prior to registration. Note
> > that backup lights are required in CA, and most MVs do not have them.
> > I added them to my HMMWV (details are on my web page), and plan to add
> > them to my 2.5-ton, too.
> >
> > --
> > Mark J. Blair, KE6MYK <mblair1@home.net>
> > PGP 2.6.2 public key available from http://pgp.ai.mit.edu/
> > Web page: http://www.qsl.net/ke6myk/
> > DO NOT SEND ANY UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL EMAIL TO THIS SITE
> >
> > ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===
> > To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@skylee.com>
> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to <mil-veh-digest@skylee.com>
> > To reach a human, contact <help@skylee.com>
>
>
> ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===
> To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org>
> To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to <mil-veh-digest@mil-veh.org>
> To reach a human, contact <ack@mil-veh.org>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Tue Oct 24 2000 - 20:55:34 PDT