In California, any pickup with a permanantly attatched shell can be licensed
as a passenger vehicle. If you remove the shell, the CHP will ticket you
for having the wrong plates.
Dave R.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kitterer Bob" <bkitterer@mac.com>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] New truck is LEGAL!
> Hello Glen,
>
> The truck looks great.
>
> I still had my Morris pickup when the DMV made the rule change. It
> use to be that the vehicle had to weigh 3,000 lbs before it was even
> considered for commercial plates. Then came all the little Japanese
> pickups that business were using as delivery trucks but with
> passenger car plates - under the weight requirement - but with the
> business name on the side, parking in commercial parking and such.
> When I got the renewal registration with additional fees and
> commercial class made a trip to the DMV. Conversation went something
> like this:
>
> Me: Why did I get a commercial registration?
>
> DMV: It is a pickup.
>
> Me: So every pickup regardless of use has to have commercial plates?
>
> DMV: Yes
>
> Me: So now I can park in commercial parking zones?
>
> DMV: No, you are not a business.
>
> Me: I can deduct the cost of the truck off my income tax.
>
> DMV: No you are not a business.
>
> Me: Then I do not need commercial plates.
>
> DMV: Yes it is a pickup.
>
> Have not check lately but for a while you could get passenger plates
> for a pickup but you could not carry anything in the bed that was not
> "incidental" to the passengers; groceries and luggage.
>
> At the same time I had a Ford Club Wagon (window van) that had
> passenger plates and had been registered as a station wagon. Like
> station wagons you could haul anything.
>
> Bob Kitterer
>
> 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
> 1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
> 2000 Miata Special Edition
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 5, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Glen Byrns wrote:
>> He also told me that my
>> little toy is a commercial vehicle because of its flatbed and would
>> need a
>> weight certificate. It took half the morning to find a place that
>> could weigh
>> it and issue a DMV-acceptable certificate. (1500lbs, before you ask)
>>
>> Glen Byrns
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