[Spridgets] New truck is LEGAL!

[Linda Grunthaner]

Nice story Glen, cool to register in CA with just a Heritage Certificate,
here in NJ you have to give your DNA and all the paperwork to get a car
registered, NJ is the worst but I am sure you have heard that many times
before from Frank.

I especially liked the part about the mag's : )
Lin

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Glen Byrns <grbyrns at ucdavis.edu> wrote:

> The 1959 Morris pickup I got after I got back from LotO got its CA license
> today.  The inspector had no problems with the numbers, didn't ask any
> tough
> questions and gave me my plate and sticker.  Unfortunately, he also
> insisted
> on keeping the Heritage certificate as some sort of "pink slip".  I
> explained
> to him that anyone in the country could pay the same $$ and get a copy of
> the
> certificate with my info on it and that it was NOT any sort of legal
> document.
> After quite a bit of arguing, I had to leave with the plate and tag and he
> kept the certificate.  DO NOT BRING YOUR HERITAGE CERTIFICATE to the CA
> DMV.
> Generous soul that he was, he gave me a xerox of it.  Thanks loads you
> bureaucratic drone!  I fought a year to get permission to use my
> black/yellow
> plates on the Sprite, I suppose its back into the trenches to get back my
> Heritage certificate.  Freaking pencil pushers!!!!!  He also told me that
> my
> little toy is a commercial vehicle because of its flatbed and would need a
> weight certificate.  It took half the morning to find a place that could
> weigh
> it and issue a DMV-acceptable certificate.  (1500lbs, before you ask)  So I
> guess that I'm now a gen-u-ine trucker.  Gotta get me some of those chrome
> naked babe mudflaps.  All things considered, to take a vehicle in with no
> paperwork  but a BMIHT  certificate and a smile, and leave with a valid CA
> license for a grand total of $125 in fees is a pretty good day.
>
> When I finish the wood for the stake-side flatbed in a week or two I'll
> post
> the final pictures.
> As I was leaving the DMV a guy rushed up and told me his problems with his
> dad's 1957 Morris Minor convertible.  Seems he's desperate to get original
> Morris wheels for it and get rid of the "aftermarket mag wheels on it now".
>  I
> told him I could certainly get him a set and that I'd be happy to trade for
> those nasty old mags on it now.  He said that would be great.  Guess who is
> going to get a set of Minilites for the cost of 4 old Moggie wheels?
> (insert
> fiendish giggle)  Some days you eat the bear................
>
> Glen Byrns
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