Thread: Does this qualify as a Hot Rod?

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Thanks for the info! Over here in Mass. it was decided by the legislature that EVERY vehicle would now have to meet some emission standards. So to do a rod or replica comes to the same thing, essentially buy a late model complete car and place your body over the running gear/chassis. What "they" are after is the vehicle to have the OEM certification (certified equipment) all in place and intact. Even a gear ratio change cannot be greater than 10% from stock/original.

That's why I rushed mine into completion to beat the deadline so I didn't need to meet the emission standards and all the registration hurdles.

So the new "trick" now is to do a restoration of sorts and register your ride as an original and then hot rod it. But a lot of the old cars just don't have titles as they were never needed 'til about 10 years ago. So guys need to jump through these hurdles by getting the car registered / titled out of state and then "buy" the car and register it in Mass. and keep it "original looking" in case the state wants to inspect it.

It's all a mess! The state model A club tried meeting with the registrar to air grievences with the legislation to no avail, they were told there won't be any changes except it's clear that "old cars" have a finite life span now...

Originally Posted by 34_40

Thanks for the info! Over here in Mass. it was decided by the legislature that EVERY vehicle would now have to meet some emission standards. So to do a rod or replica comes to the same thing, essentially buy a late model complete car and place your body over the running gear/chassis. What "they" are after is the vehicle to have the OEM certification (certified equipment) all in place and intact. Even a gear ratio change cannot be greater than 10% from stock/original.

That's why I rushed mine into completion to beat the deadline so I didn't need to meet the emission standards and all the registration hurdles.

So the new "trick" now is to do a restoration of sorts and register your ride as an original and then hot rod it. But a lot of the old cars just don't have titles as they were never needed 'til about 10 years ago. So guys need to jump through these hurdles by getting the car registered / titled out of state and then "buy" the car and register it in Mass. and keep it "original looking" in case the state wants to inspect it.

It's all a mess! The state model A club tried meeting with the registrar to air grievences with the legislation to no avail, they were told there won't be any changes except it's clear that "old cars" have a finite life span now...

Wow, Mike, that's a whole list of good reasons not to live in Massachusetts!!!!