State Representative Peggy Mast has introduced legislation that would create a vehicle registration classification for street rods and custom vehicles. This bill is based on the SEMA model and is very pro-hobbyist. If youre a Kansas<ST1</ST1 resident, please contact members of the transportation committee and request their support. <O</O <O</O Everything you need to know is here on the SEMA site or you can read the bill here at the Kansas legislature web site. Type in "2875" on the right side under the "Full text of bill" box. SEMA also has a guide on contacting your representative but the best thing to do right now is to send an email to each member of the transportation committee asking for their support. I don't know much about making laws but this would be sweet if it goes into effect. Remember, this is a bill for US so please take a few and send out an email.
thats kinda weird i dont understand a whole lot out of it except they have alot of terminology published.. and a $26 dollar fee per year... for something....
Basically, it makes it easier to register a car that has been assembled from parts or from a kit and allows the owner to have title in the year your car most closely resembles. For example, if you get a Brookville body and a Pete and Jake's frame you would be able to register that as a 32 Ford. The bill also addresses some of the equipment issues. Using the example from above, the state could not require you to have a third tail light because your car - now an official 1932 Ford replica- did not come from the factory with one in 1932.
Isn't Kansas already one of the easyest states to get a title for your old car. Who really cares if its a 32 brookville body on an aftermarket frame. its still a 32 in my eyes. may not be original. In nebraska you have to jump through all kinds of hoops just to get a title for anything if you don't have any paper. I don't understand that bill
Yeah I agree - Kansas is not as bad as many states but this is one the things SEMA does. They are trying to make the titling/registration/equipement requirements more consistent and hobbyist friendly across all states. As more and more states adopt the SEMA standards, there will be more presuure on those states that have PITA regulations to change.
I grew up in Kansas and owned my first three cars there. That was thirty five years ago but, the best I remember it was easy to get things done then. When I moved to Texas I discovered the dreaded "state inspection". Kansas didn't have them at that time. The exhaust on my 55 Chevy came out in front of the rear tires and that wasn't good enough for Texas so I had to redo the pipes to come out at the rear bumper. I was so pissed about that and it still pisses me off. Point is, Kansas seems to look at things from a more logical point of view, i.e. comsumer pov instead of a government pov and that's the way it should be everywhere. If the bill is as presented then, good for you Kansas. Keep us posted on this. Thanks.
Hmmm... don't know about that. I'm just guessing, but I think if you go this route, you'd end up with a state issued VIN and a title that has something like "Replica" or "assembled" on it. Whether that title would say two door or four door I don't know. Once again just guessing, but if you pulled a four door body out of a barn, hack it up into a two door and then threw that on a frame you made, you may be able to register that as a 19XX two door replica.
cant get much easier than that... thats a weird bill... but it all has to be pre-1948.... i think thats what it is saying...
I really doubt they'd car how many doors it had. They're presently more concerned with whether you've changed the engine or suspension. The highway patrolman that inspected my car couldn't have cared less what I did to the T body that I used. This law probably won't make it easier to get a title (its already pretty easy), it will potentially change what type of title you get, and in the end how much you pay in property taxes. Just in case you're curious as to what constitutes an antique vehicle, here's a link to the KHP's brochure: http://www.kansashighwaypatrol.org/press/brochures/antique.pdf Presently, its really not that hard to cheat the system on a pre-49 vehicle anyway.
I don't know whats different from what we have now. My 32 is titled as an 08 assembled street rod vehicle. I bought a special tag that has Kansas street rod on it. Other than not being titled as a 32, what is different?
i don't know about constructed vehicles, but, in kentucky i discovered the " antique" tags last year. cost $56.00 dosn't matter how much you gave for the car. and you never have to pay it again. has to be 25 years old or older. thats real nice when you have more than one registered. we have the vehicle inspection, but, all they do is check the vin against the title to make sure it isn't stollen. the antique tag also means that your supposed to be limited on millage you drive it every year....but they don't check the millage.
Never had a problem getting a title in Kansas on anything we have built.Now when it comes to paying the property tax on some of them, a guy just about has to get a second mortgage on his house for that. Mike
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