[Bmcu] Utah vintage car inspection rules

Sun Jan 24 16:01:02 MST 2010

I don't plan on using the car as a daily drive, but would likely drive it
back and forth to work occasionally.Anybody know what the exact definition
of regular driving is?  Maybe a mileage limit?

Thanks,

Jeremiah

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From: wiia at aol.com [mailto:wiia at aol.com] 
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 11:10 AM
To: wbeech at flash.net; jeremiah at curryclan.net; KBruce at lifetime.com;
bmcu at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Bmcu] Utah vintage car inspection rules

I have vintage plates on my 61 MGA in Iron County.  The car was originally
titled and plated with Illinois vintage plates.  I was told when I got the
UT vintage plates that there were driving restrictions for the vintage
plates.  It can't be a regular driver, if so, you need regular plates.
Driving is limited to club events, shows, pleasure driving, etc., but
excludes regular everyday driving.  Renewal is $10 annually in January, and
safety inspection is not required for annual renewal.  However, if you are
out on a cruise, and accosted by the local or state constabulary, you can be
asked to show that the car is safe to drive, so an annual safety inspection
receipt with your registration and insurance certificate was recommended as
prudent.  In some UT counties, 1968 and newer cars are required to pass
emissions testing; it was the same in the Chicago area.  I am not familiar
with UT county emissions testing, but in the Chicago area, the car was
required to pass the emissions requirements for the year produced.  I had a
69 Sprite that wouldn't pass because the air pump had been removed by the
previous owner that lived outside the Chicago area.  For the 69 Sprite, it
was more hassle and cost to find, purchase, reinstall and retune the car for
emissions than it was worth, and it was more valuable to someone outside the
Chicago area than it was to me.  Traded it.  

If you don't intend to use the car as a daily driver, UT vintage plates are
a good deal.  

Bill Adams - Supercharged 5-speed 61 MGA - Cedar City

-----Original Message-----
From: wbeech at flash.net
To: jeremiah at curryclan.net; 'Keri Bruce' <KBruce at lifetime.com>;
bmcu at autox.team.net
Sent: Fri, Jan 22, 2010 4:45 pm
Subject: Re: [Bmcu] Utah vintage car inspection rules

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
<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
> 
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> 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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