its actually a bit better than that... it gives the choice of either the
year of the motor or the year of the car that the car resembles. its also
500 per year.
the Factory Five cars are designed to take the 460 ford crate motor. a
great value for those that demand over 600hp.
-james "small block" creasy
----- Original Message -----
From: <Sethracer@aol.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>; <virtualvairs@skiblack.com>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 2:59 PM
Subject: California - Specially Constructed Vehicle
> For those of you on this list in California, I thought I would point out a
new law that went into effect this year. It concerns Kit cars. These cars
are referred to as "Specially Constructed Vehicles" in California Vehicle
code parlance. The new law assigns a number of "Permits" (500 to be exact)
that the DMV will assign. Those permits will allow the owner of a road-going
"Specially Constructed Vehicle) to choose to have the smog requirements
based on either the year of the motor or the year of the chassis. It still
requires the Highway Patrol to inspect the car for street equipment, but
allows the Bureau of Automotive Repair to inspect the motor based on the
year of origin. It does not apply to engine swaps in regular cars, only the
State defined "Specially Constructed Vehicle". I assume you will have to
prove the original year of the block, at least. But this should allow you to
find that 1965 390 FE Big Block and build a nice "Factory Five" or other
Cobra kit car, or st!
> ick a Corvair motor into that VW based kit car! To find out more you
should go to the DMV web site. www.dmv.ca.gov/vr/spcns.htm - Good Luck -
Seth Emerson
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