Sweet, Joe! My only fear and trepidation stems from the fact that I have just
the rear plate
on mine - I never had the front plate, and the fellow I bought it from owned it
for 6 months
w/o registering it in his name... AND I could never get hold of the previous
(original)
owner to ask for the plate. If worst comes to worst I'll spring for a set of
those
California Arts Council custom plates, the one with the sunset and the palm
trees - /verrry/
California and absolutely appropriate for a convertible! I'm an originality
purist, so I'd
rather have my blue and gold plates, but que sera, sera!
Gary McCormick
'70 2000 SRL311-13291
(new minivan owner - HAVE to get the Roadster running now to offset that bad
minivan karma!)
Joe Rubio wrote:
> Well the DMV in SLO is a completely different experience than I'm sure
> most big city dewellers experience. In fact my dad lives in San Jose
> and drives down here to do anything DMV. It takes him less time to
> drive here and back (3 hours each way), go to lunch on me and do his DMV
> thing than sit in Santa Clara and wait in line. Anyways, I'm back. It
> took all of 10 minutes, well 15 minutes total. 5 minutes to get there
> and back. Absolutely nobody in the registration line when I got there
> at 9:05 AM.
>
> Here's what the lady asked me:
>
> Do you have the pink slip? Yes, but the registration was never
> transferred over to me.
>
> Do you have the original plates? No
>
> What year is the car? a 1970.
>
> Good, the car will not require a smog.
>
> She then handed me an application for title as the car was not in the
> computer any longer seeing as it hasn't been registered or had non-op
> fees paid in 11 years. The form asked for my name, address, CDL #,
> title/lien holder, purchase price, odometer reading and signature. I
> provided my personal info, a purchase price of $250 and an odometer
> reading of 38211.
>
> She then ran the info and came up with: $205.00
>
> I didn't have my checkbook so I'll go back and pay this once the car is
> running, but once I pay this I have 2 options to get the tags. I can
> obtain a 1 day moving permit whereby I can legally drive the beast down
> to the DMV and have them confirm the VIN number and then they will issue
> new plates and reg tags or the DMV can provide me with a document that I
> have a sherriff or police officer fill out that confirms the same info.
>
> So short story long, $205 and confirmation of the VIN # and I'm ready to
> roll. Much easier than I had hoped for. Solvang is looking solid. I'm
> ordering some parts...Joe
>
> Gary McCormick wrote:
> >
> > Joe -
> >
> > Make sure and post a description of how things go at the DMV - I'll be
>facing the same
> > process when it comes time to get my bad boy out of the garage!
> >
> > Gary McCormick
> > '70 2000 SRL311-13291
> > Garaged since 1990 (thinking of getting a "Datsun Roadster - Only Parking"
>sign) ;^)
> >
> > Joe Rubio wrote:
> >
> > > <snip>
> >
> > > Thanks. I'm gonna order me up a hood harness, freeze plugs, valve cover
> > > nuts and a coolant/H20 fitting for the intake manifold after I make my
> > > way to the DMV this AM and figure out how to get it registered again
> > > after sitting in non-op mode for 11+ years.
> > >
> > > Thanks! Joe
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