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Originally Posted by pepi

Man you really had some hoops to jump thru to get that HotRod on the road. When I finished the wife's truck.

Made up the vin had a metal tag stamped, pop riveted it to the door jam.. Called the Sheriff, comes by has a look. Hands me the paper work, off to the tag agency.


Am curious, is the body a Ford produced part? If not, would that have made any difference ?

No, it's fiberglass and in Kansas if you make any significant changes to original iron, like a later model power train, it's no longer considered an "Antique" and falls into the category of "Assembled Specialty Equipment Vehicle", along with anything with a reproduction frame, body, etc. About all you can get away with on a true antique vehicle any more is a different engine that's of about the same vintage, and upgraded brakes if you play the "safety" card. It's all about taxes. First is sales tax, and even though my Bills of Sale state clearly, "For the sum of $_____, inclusive of all sales tax..." she insisted that she was required to collect the sales tax on anything that didn't show a specific amount of tax paid to a vendor. When I offered that it was the seller's responsibility to pay the tax, she said "It doesn't work like that. I collect sales tax." Next is Personal Property Tax, and they want a receipt for anything and everything purchased to go on the car, to establish the "Purchase Price". There's then a diminishing scale for Personal Property Tax on vehicles, paid each year as part of the license fees. I think the PPT on my 2005 Jeep was $30, and on my 2017 F150 was $375. It may be different in some of the more rural counties, but we have the option of going to the DMV where we live, or to the DMV office in the capital, not to any county we want, and that's AFTER getting your new VIN inspection.

After 2 hours waiting in the parking lot, two hours watching her try to figure out how to input the data and adding numbers repeatedly I was $1,905 lighter and left with a temporary tag, hoping that the state accepts the package she assembled.....

There's a bill on the governor's desk to allow any type of modifications to vehicles over 35 years old while retaining the "Antique" classification for cheaper tags and no Property Tax. It won't help me, as it only applies to OEM vehicles, not reproductions.