The Limo Project has found a new home!, ... Options

[dr914@autoatlanta.com]

certainly an 8 thousand dollar parts car at best

[GregAmy]

Every time I walk by that thing at Chris' shop I smile.

Can decide though, if it's from delight at the concept of the project, or more akin to the smile when I walk into a Walmart and look around at the clientele...

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[mepstein]

Every time I walk by that thing at Chris' shop I smile.

Can decide though, if it's from delight at the concept of the project, or more akin to the smile when I walk into a Walmart and look around at the clientele...

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It's a 914world creation. I love it.

[euro911]

Andy promised to send me the title for the front half.

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That reminds me, i still need to send you that title ...
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I realize this may have been discussed before, but when piecing two cars together with different VINs (whether it's a front or rear clip), how is that dealt with?

[mb911]

It's a percentage based decision.. What ever part of the car that has the biggest percentage of metal is the cars correct vin.

[Dave_Darling]

It's probably dealt with however the person who is doing the work wants to do it.

I'm guessing that it is easiest to keep the front half's VIN, at least if the right-front inner fender is OK and the lower-left windshield frame is OK.

Of course, we have seen at least one example where someone slapped the back half of a four-cylinder car onto the front half of a 914-6. The work was done really poorly, too. I bet there are photos still on this BBS somewhere...

--DD

[Rand]

certainly an 8 thousand dollar parts car at best

I hope I misunderstood. It's a whimsical project. You've had plenty of high dollar parts cars that were passed off as more. No real sixes were harmed in the making of this.

[Jonathan Livesay]

certainly an 8 thousand dollar parts car at best

I hope I misunderstood. It's a whimsical project. You've had plenty of high dollar parts cars that were passed off as more. No real sixes were harmed in the making of this.

I think George was talking about the 911 limo?

[andrewb]

It does vary from state to state. In PA, I could register it as an antique, one time payment for registration, no inspection ever and drive it whenever and where ever I wanted as long as it was not my primary vehicle. Some states are easy, some are not.

It varies by state. Some states, like South Carolina for example, have no inspections of any kind whatsoever for any cars of any age.
Some states, like North Carolina for example, have yearly emissions and safety inspections for cars under 20 years old. Then only safety and no emissions inspections for cars 20-30 years old. And then no inspections whatsoever for cars over 30 years old.
Other states, like California for example, have emissions inspections for all cars from 1976 and newer.
When you move to a state, you have to find out what the laws are for that state from the local Department of Motor Vehicles.

Once a car is registered in it's home state it can be driven anywhere in the US. Registration and inspections are two different things here. In North Carolina, for example, when I register a car I get my license plate immediately and I can drive it. Then if it's a car that needs some kind of inspection, I have a year before I need to get it inspected in order to renew my registration, which is done yearly. If it's an older car that doesn't need inspection, I just pay a yearly registration fee.

If you move from one state to a different state, you'll have to follow the new state's laws (or lack thereof) regarding registration and inspection in order to register it in that state, which you usually have 6-12 months to do (the amount of time also varies by state).

Thanks for the helpful replies gents - SC sounds like an interesting place to drive !

Reason for asking is that I may be getting involved in a project which will involve shipping a US registered car to the UK, carrying out some upgrades and then shipping it back to the US (New England region). We were wondering how many hoops we - and the car - would have to jump through on return. If it's just a single State DMV inspection with no Federal involvement then that should be manageable.

Thanks again, Andrew

[mepstein]

It does vary from state to state. In PA, I could register it as an antique, one time payment for registration, no inspection ever and drive it whenever and where ever I wanted as long as it was not my primary vehicle. Some states are easy, some are not.

It varies by state. Some states, like South Carolina for example, have no inspections of any kind whatsoever for any cars of any age.
Some states, like North Carolina for example, have yearly emissions and safety inspections for cars under 20 years old. Then only safety and no emissions inspections for cars 20-30 years old. And then no inspections whatsoever for cars over 30 years old.
Other states, like California for example, have emissions inspections for all cars from 1976 and newer.
When you move to a state, you have to find out what the laws are for that state from the local Department of Motor Vehicles.

Once a car is registered in it's home state it can be driven anywhere in the US. Registration and inspections are two different things here. In North Carolina, for example, when I register a car I get my license plate immediately and I can drive it. Then if it's a car that needs some kind of inspection, I have a year before I need to get it inspected in order to renew my registration, which is done yearly. If it's an older car that doesn't need inspection, I just pay a yearly registration fee.

If you move from one state to a different state, you'll have to follow the new state's laws (or lack thereof) regarding registration and inspection in order to register it in that state, which you usually have 6-12 months to do (the amount of time also varies by state).

Thanks for the helpful replies gents - SC sounds like an interesting place to drive !

Reason for asking is that I may be getting involved in a project which will involve shipping a US registered car to the UK, carrying out some upgrades and then shipping it back to the US (New England region). We were wondering how many hoops we - and the car - would have to jump through on return. If it's just a single State DMV inspection with no Federal involvement then that should be manageable.

Thanks again, Andrew

Customs can be a whole different ball game.

[andrewb]

Customs can be a whole different ball game.

Ahhh ok. I don't want to hijack this thread and this could get quite involved so I'll start another one - presumably the sand box is the correct place.

[r_towle]

Before you start, order up the Certificate Of Origin, and all the proof the car was initially built for the US market, with US approvals.
After that, titles etc can be copied and notarized so you have the copies you need.

To get the car back into the states, you will need the certificate of origin.
You can get that from the manufacturer.
I had to do this with a BMW motorcycle I took to Germany for a few years.

That Cert is the key.

[andrewb]

Before you start, order up the Certificate Of Origin, and all the proof the car was initially built for the US market, with US approvals.
After that, titles etc can be copied and notarized so you have the copies you need.

To get the car back into the states, you will need the certificate of origin.
You can get that from the manufacturer.
I had to do this with a BMW motorcycle I took to Germany for a few years.

That Cert is the key.

OK thank you - sounds like you could have just saved me many tears...........

[horizontally-opposed]

So. Much. Potential.

[Garland]

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Limo update?

Please

[racerbvd]

Subscribed

[Unobtanium-inc]

In the grand tradition of Porsche limos....

[racerbvd]

Updates?

[Garland]

Status request please!

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[ChrisFoley]

resting comfortably indoors.