Just wanted to say hi to all the current members! New to the site and would have to say so far it's a great site. Been looking for a site to make new friends, talk about a passion for cars, and just general stuff. Will be on daily so give me a ring!
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Just wanted to say hi to all the current members! New to the site and would have to say so far it's a great site. Been looking for a site to make new friends, talk about a passion for cars, and just general stuff. Will be on daily so give me a ring!
pro70 here......Welcome to CHR Pro69.... pro 60 should be along soon. :) :) :)
Welcome to the Club. How about fillin' us in on your Nova? Got any Pictures to share?
Pat
welcome to CHR got any pic's of the nova??
Thanks for the welcome words guys! I am still trying to firgure the site out. I did post the one picture I have on my computer right now on the members rides page(I think that is what it is called). I also don't know where or how to put details on the car on my page. Maybe you guys could help. Anyway, the details on the car are pro street 69 Nova. Originall SS396 car tubbed before I got it. Had a 460 BBC in it before I wiped the cam. Now for what's happening over the next few months. New interior, new wheels, new center chunk, new trans and converter, and the best, a 540 BBC, 8-71 blower motor! :) Motor won't be done for another 2 months and the car won't be on the road until May of 2005 but it will make a statement. Car is 100% street legal.
PS-Took me about 4 years to get it to the state you see in the picture, enjoyed it for about 1 year and then the transformation started again. I bought it as a basket ex race car and put it on the street. I honestly hated the past year cause it made me sick seeing it sitting in the garage, BUT soon enough!
I like the new engine combo. :)
welcome and im glade somebody can get by with a big blower on the st.. va. ended that for everbody in 1990 with a couldnt be 2" over the lower part of the dash height law. :mad:Quote:
Originally posted by pro69
Just wanted to say hi to all the current members! New to the site and would have to say so far it's a great site. Been looking for a site to make new friends, talk about a passion for cars, and just general stuff. Will be on daily so give me a ring!
Welcome to the boards man, that's a bitchin' car you have there too.
welcome love the nova. my wife wants one:D
Nice lookin nova. I think theres a lesson in your car though. 4X the work for 1X the fun. But the 1X makes you want to do it all over again:)
I think I'll B O.K. as long as I stay outta' VA.:)Quote:
Originally posted by Streets
There ya go Prozzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... Use that hood setup and the copperz won't bother ya with the "Line '0 Sight" thang.. hehehe
Welcome Pr069
welcome Pro 69.............there seem to be an awful lot of "pros" in here.......is this CHR or Mustang Ranch??:LOL: :3dSMILE:
Just wanted to say "welcome" ...didn't I see that nova on another thread...am I goin nuts? :confused: :rolleyes: :p
when they first came out with that height law i had 2 cars with blowers sticking through the hood, so i reg. and St. insp. the cars in NC thinking i could get around the law. so the first day i came back to Va. i got stopped for driver obstruction, and i told the trooper that the car was registered in NC and he told me he didn't care where it was registered at, if i was planning on driving that car in VA i had to abide by the VA laws and if i left it in VA for over 30 days it would have to have a VA State insp. sticker. big st. blowers was gone forever in VA from then on.Quote:
Originally posted by pro70z28
I think I'll B O.K. as long as I stay outta' VA.:)
That's a downer. Can't understand why it's unsafe (I assume that's the reason) in 1 state and O.K. in another. Think it might have something to do with polict*&^s.....????????:LOL:
sure messed my ride up.:CRY: :mad:Quote:
Originally posted by pro70z28
That's a downer. Can't understand why it's unsafe (I assume that's the reason) in 1 state and O.K. in another. Think it might have something to do with polict*&^s.....????????:LOL:
Hey Jerilynne, yea I am also on cardomain.com. I remeber you, dont you have a 4.9L turbo TA? Sweet car and owner! Anyway, you other guys--PA does have the same laws regarding the height of things protruding thru the hood, but the local PD is pretty lax on enforcing it. Actually, my cowl hood is technically illegal because it is a 4 3/4. VA and PA actually have very similar rules, but it does help to get it inspected when you know people.
if it comes from the factory you cant turn it down in va. my cowl hood wont pass but no body said anything yet. :confused:Quote:
Originally posted by pro69
Hey Jerilynne, yea I am also on cardomain.com. I remeber you, dont you have a 4.9L turbo TA? Sweet car and owner! Anyway, you other guys--PA does have the same laws regarding the height of things protruding thru the hood, but the local PD is pretty lax on enforcing it. Actually, my cowl hood is technically illegal because it is a 4 3/4. VA and PA actually have very similar rules, but it does help to get it inspected when you know people.
Hey sorry it took me so long to get here. Welcome to CHR Pro69. I wonder if we can fill in the Pro numbers, three down, and a whole bunch to go.:LOL:
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. . . he told me he didn't care where it was registered at, if i was planning on driving that car in VA i had to abide by the VA laws . . .
Typical cop talk. He's probably wrong, but doing something about it takes a lawyer and a lot 'o bucks. The cops in Council Bluffis Iowa tried that line on Omaha cars that had windows tinted too dark for Iowa laws. They handed out a bunch of tickets using that cop's same line - at least until someone with a few $$$ and a lawyer for a friend contested it.
They used the right to interstate commerce, meaning the right to freely travel from state to state (nothing to do with buying or selling anything.) The courts found that it was unreasonable to issue tickets because of the variety of laws across the nation would unduly restrict the ability of people to go from state to state, and people coming from Ohio certainly couldn't scrape their tint off just to get through good ol' I-o-way.
Here's a quote from a Pennsylvania site referring to the Constitutional right of interstate commerce:Unfortunately, in cases like this, the cop's right until proven wrong in court.Quote:
"The Department recognizes the Constitutional limitations in enforcing these provisions to vehicles registered out-of-state. In that regard, it has been the Department's practice to counsel law enforcement officials not to enforce these window tint provisions upon individual vehicle owners operating registered out-of-state vehicles."
What he means is that it would be illegal for them to restrict Interstate Commerce by threatening or citing legal vehicle from other States that meet all Federal and PA requirements.
Here's a more detailed explanation, and the approach used in Iowa.However, showing a copy of Article I to the cop probably isn't going to get you out of a ticket.Quote:
b. Interstate commerce. The United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8, clause 3 (“Commerce Clause”) grants to Congress the exclusive power to regulate interstate commerce. This provision has a number of important ramifications. One of the more important provisions is the fact that it severely limits state action that burdens interstate commerce. Congress can, and sometimes does, specifically permit state regulation of interstate commerce. Without congressional permission, state regulation that burdens interstate commerce is generally impermissible. There are a number of types of regulation that can burden interstate commerce, e.g., restrictions on access by out-of-state suppliers to local markets; restrictions on access by out-of-state buyers to local commodities and resources; restrictions on interstate transportation; restrictions on personal mobility across state lines; and state taxation of interstate commerce. It is important to note that state regulation in these and other areas affecting interstate commerce is not necessarily unconstitutional; detailed analysis is often required to determine whether the regulation actually violates the Commerce Clause.
Besides that, police on traffic duty are are "Tax Collectors" when they do stuff like this. Ya okay when they stop dangerous activities I can see their purpose. However when they ticket people for stuff like that and other rediculous items, their just being tax collectors. IMHO :D
Ohhh What a relief...ha ha! I thought I was goin nuts! Lots of guys online here from out east...I just looked at your Cardomain page again...Can't wait to see you expand that page...would love to see some engine an interior pics...Have Fun! ;)Quote:
Originally posted by pro69
Hey Jerilynne, yea I am also on cardomain.com. I remeber you, dont you have a 4.9L turbo TA? Sweet car and owner! Anyway, you other guys--PA does have the same laws regarding the height of things protruding thru the hood, but the local PD is pretty lax on enforcing it. Actually, my cowl hood is technically illegal because it is a 4 3/4. VA and PA actually have very similar rules, but it does help to get it inspected when you know people.
The biggest problem I had was my bus. had a st. insp. lic. and i was a state inspector and it was my st inspection. trooper assigned to me that was telling me this. i wont telling him anything. i had to have my lic. **) **)