[Bmcu] Utah vintage car inspection rules

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You can pay the tax on the car and they will give you temp to get  
things started.

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On Jan 22, 2010, at 16:45, <wbeech at flash.net> wrote:

> Jeremiah,
>
> Yeah, it is kind of a catch-22 to get a license plate for the first  
> time.  I
> would call your local sheriff and ask them how to best handle it,  
> one upon a
> time I was told that if you called the inspection station and made an
> appointment to drive the car directly to them you would be OK  
> because if you
> were stopped in transit they could confirm your intentions.  Of  
> course, the
> other option is to trailer it.
>
> IMHO, I wouldn't worry about the front bumper as long as all the  
> lights &
> signals work.
>
> Bill
>
> Bill Beecher
> '58 TR-3A TS/30766 L (On the road in 2009!)
> "A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is  
> called...of
> course, some times it is difficult to make it go"
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bmcu-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:bmcu- 
> bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of jeremiah at curryclan.net
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 1:46 PM
> To: Keri Bruce; bmcu at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Bmcu] Utah vintage car inspection rules
>
> My Car is a 1957 TR3, so I won't need emissions either way.B   
> However, not
> needing a safety inspection to get the plate would be nice...that  
> way I
> could get it to the shop to get the inspection and fix anything  
> needed.B  I
> am very wary of inspections.B  The last car I bought, a modified  
> 1992 MR2
> Turbo needed a lot of work before it would pass, despite none of them
> actually being unsafe.B Windows were too dark, exhaust didn't have a  
> cat
> (ok, that was eimmisions), front side marker lights had been blacked  
> out, no
> reflector on the side, brake lights not red enough, no rear side  
> marker
> lights, etc.
>
> I am afraid that the bumper missin is pretty obvouse, since there  
> are gaping
> wholes where it is supposed to attach. . . the problem is they  
> aren't lining
> up well enought to actually attach the bumper yet :(
>
> thanks for the info,
> Jeremiah
>
> On January 22, 2010 at 3:59 PM Keri Bruce <KBruce at lifetime.com> wrote:
>
>> Is your car a 1970 or earlier?B  If it is 40 years or older you can
>> get the "vintage" car plates.B  You only need to go to the DMV and
>> apply for the plates.B  You can download the forms before you go in.B
>> You do not have to
> show
>> or even have the safety inspection when you get the process started.B
>> It
> can
>> take up to 60 days to get the plates.B  I think I paid $68.00 for the
> "vintage"
>> plates which included personalized letters (allowed only 5). The cost
>> for
> theB
>> regular registration (2009) would have been $63.00 + safety +  
>> emission
> costs.B
>> I received the plates and they sent an expired sticker?B  I had to go
>> back
> in
>> and pay the $10.00 renewal (my plates came after my original regular
>> plates had expired which is why I got the expired sticker).B  The
>> renewal is
> supposed
>> to be only $10.00 per year from now on (I will have to do the first  
>> (I
> guess
>> really the second) renewal this fall.B  I asked about the extra cost
> normally
>> charged for personalized plates, I was told that until someone from
>> the
> state
>> catches on to the fact they are missing a fee, there is no extra
>> charge for the personalized "vintage" plates.B  When you get the
>> "vintage" plates you
> no
>> longer have to do any emission testing on you car.B  I live in Davis
>> County
> and
>> this is a state regulation that you no longer need the emission after
>> your
> car
>> is registered as a "vintage" car.B  You do not have to show the DMV
>> any
> proof
>> of safety inspection.B  They just said you need to have one if you  
>> get
> pulled
>> over.B  As to your question about needing a front bumper, I really
>> don't
> think
>> most of the inspection stations would know if it was on the car
> originally.B
>> The only place I would not take the car is to the a State inspection
> station.B
>> Ours is in Kaysville.B  I remember either last year or the year  
>> before
> Mitch
>> ran into a slew of issues taking his Spitfire to the one in Kaysville
> (tires
>> to wide, wrong color bulb in the front turn signal and I think there
>> was something else?B  Any questions please feel free to call me.
>> Keri Bruce
>> 1969 Triumph TR6
>> 801-725-1508
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bmcu-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:bmcu- 
>> bounces at autox.team.net]
>> On Behalf Of Jeremiah Curry
>> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:00 PM
>> To: bmcu at autox.team.net
>> Subject: [Bmcu] Utah vintage car inspection rules
>>
>> Anyone out there know what, if anything is different on a safety
>> inspection for a vintage car?B  I looked at the manual at
>> http://publicsafety.utah.gov/safetyinspections/safetyinspection.html
>> and it defined what a vintage car was, but I couldn't find anywhere
>> where it
> listed
>> different rules for them.B  I was wondering if I needed a front  
>> bumper
>> for instance.
>>
>> B
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jeremiah
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