For some reason my first posting of this disappeared.

I'm collecting parts to build a '29 Ford.
I have reciepts but no title.
I want to register it as a '29 if at all possible.
That's so I can be smog exempt and fenderless.
I'm in California.

I've read the DMV rule about specially built vehicles.
And I've read the fender law.
It seems that the only way I can be fenderless is if my vehicle was first registered before Jan 1, 1971 and weighs in at under 1500 lbs. The problem is that by registering it as a specially constructed vehicle, the date of first registration is obviously well after 1971.

But I've seen street rods built from new parts and without fenders. Is is that this law just isn't enforced? Anyone who has gone through this please help. Thanks!