From: Bruce Kalin (pball@csionline.net)
Date: Sun Nov 02 2003 - 11:20:54 PST
Joe is correct, no joy riding with historic plates in the Gestapo State.
However, there are occasions where you will have to drive the truck for
maintenance purposes, such as getting fuel, going to and from the
mechanics (that could be your best friend across the state) to a parade,
or educational event, or a club related activity. It doesn't restrict
the number of days that the vehicle can be driven.
Now, with historic plates your insurance will be less than $100.00 for
the entire year. So, if you consider the difference between the
registration and insurance costs, it becomes rather significant. I have
also found that most police officers are more lenient with historic
vehicles than a vehicle registered as a truck, especially when it comes
to safety and emissions. Don't try driving your WWII jeep without
directional signals in this state if you have standard tags - your jeep
will be headed straight for the impound yard.
Bruce
MVTrucker@aol.com wrote:
>Fred,
>I hate to pee on your parade, but Historic Vehicle (QQ)plates
>in NJ restricts the use of the vehicle to club and related
>events, NO CASUAL CRUISES. In other words, you can't go
>for a Sunday drive to "charge the batteries." This info
>was provided to me directly from NJ Dept. of Transportation.
>I did away with the QQ plates on my deuce. Heck, for $165. I
>can drive it when and where I want to. I'm not flaming you
>Fred, just informing you so that you will have an answer to
>give when the Police State Police pull you over. "I'm taking
>it to (fill in the blank) as an educational display."
>Joe Young
>
>===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>
>
>
>
-- Bruce Kalin USMC MTA, MVPA, MTANJ, NCMVPA USMC M35A2C w/w & M105
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Sat May 07 2005 - 20:26:25 PDT