[Healeys] DMV No Go

[Per Schoerner]

So, when you buy a car you pay a tax depending on how much you paid for the car? 
If that is the case, the installation of an engine won’t change that.
Or do they go on the weight of the car!?
What if you just stick an empty engine block in there?

Per

Skickat från min iPhone

> 28 okt. 2017 kl. 19:57 skrev Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net>:
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> Per,
>      I have found there are some differences depending on which DMV you take the car to.  Some are more sticklers for the rules while others are not.  Maybe the DMV that David deals with is one such place that follows the letter of the rule.  Out here in San Bernardino I was told all I needed was an engine in the bare body shell I brought to them for verification.  Since it is a long way before I will be dropping the engine in, the car will not see the DMV for a while.  You don't put an engine in a bare engine bay.  Brake piping, insulating the foot box with the asbestos replacement and such has to be done before the engine goes in.  My original goal was to just bring in the body shell to avoid paying a high transfer tax.  It is easier justifying the low purchase price of a body shell than the value of a finished car.  I don't think the state of California is going to let me get away with it.
> Mike MacLean
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