Thread: Texas Street Rod Law Finally Implemented

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Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

The newest wrinkle: Texas DMV told me there was an error on my title, and that I had to send it back immediately. The new title came yesterday, and was changed from "1934 Ford" to "1997 ASVE" (Assembled Vehicle) with a note in the remarks section that states "Replica 1934 Ford." Apparently this is due to a misinterpretation of the law by Texas DMV (imagine that!). I guess I don't really care unless this change requires me to have annual inspections, including emissions. I've sent an email to my contact in Austin to find out what it all means.

Jack,
In Kansas that means that you get to pay Personal Property Tax on the depreciated value of a brand new 1997 vehicle valued at the build cost. However, since Texas doesn't have PPT I'd say it may be a moot point, but then again it could indeed push you to the annual safety inspection process that is so much fun.

What's interesting to me is that if you look at the Sema Action Network's "Toolbox" on titling & registration for Texas there's no mention of the term "ASVE (Assembled Vehicle)", but your car clearly falls within their definition for "Street Rod", being built after 1949 to resemble the body style of a vehicle built 1948 or older. Link - http://www.bipac.net/semaga/TagTitleToolbox_TX.pdf I guess that the SAN may be out of date with their data, but I thought they were pretty well on top of things.