New WA State Street Rod and Custom Vehicle Bill

Washington Governor to Sign Street Rod and Custom Vehicle Bill Into Law on April 18, 2011

Anyone who has ever tried to license a homebuilt car knows how difficult it can be to ***le and register it. Not only is the process lengthy, it's frustratingly arduous. But all that is about to change.

On Monday, April 18, Washington Governor Chris Gregoire will sign into law Senate Bill 5585, which will enact new cl***ifications for custom vehicles, street rods, hot rods, kit cars, replicas, etc.

According to State Senator Michael Carrell, sponsor of the bill (and collector, restorer, and avid car enthusiast in his own right), the new cl***ifications will help streamline the registering and ***ling process, making it faster and a whole lot easier to take that creation of yours to the street.

"If someone puts a 2009 Ford engine in the body of a 1949 Ford Coupe," says Senator Carrell in a written press release, "there shouldn't be any confusion about how to legally license the vehicle. Moreover, if someone builds a car from the ground up from s**** parts, aftermarket items or custom-manufactured pieces, it could be cl***ified any number of different ways. The new law will establish constancy, and clarify previously unclear registration requirements."

Cl***ifications will break down as follows: Altered vehicles manufactured before 1949 will be categorized as street rods, and altered vehicles at least 30 years old and manufactured after 1948 will be categorized as customs. Kit cars and replica vehicles will be ***igned certificates of ***le bearing the same model years as the production vehicles they most closely resemble.

The law will also acknowledge that original parts may no longer be available, and that technological advancements have created improved materials. It will allow for the use of non-original components and will create a ***ling criterion that ***igns these vehicles the same model year designation as the production vehicle they most closely resemble.

Further, the law will exempt street rods and customs from a range of standard equipment requirements and emissions inspections; vehicles in this cl*** will be held to standards applicable to the designated model year. Finally, the use of "blue dot" taillights will be permitted, a favorite a**** restorers of cl***ic automobiles.

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Finally, somebody came to their senses! Lets hope it spreads to other states too.

 

I agree- Now all we need is some sun

 

Changin' the law is NOT enough to make me move back to "Pigwallup"....

 

Cool beans, I had an email on it a while back but didn't know if it was going to get though Olyimpia without being hacked up.

Looks like the post 48 Replica kit cars will have "custom" behind the model so the guy who shows up with the Ferrari GTO body on a Corvette ch***is will now have a Ferrari GTO "custom" or the Shelby kit cars will be something like 1966 Shelby roadster "custom".
Both will still be 20K cars rather than 300K cars that they pretend to be though.

The actual bill as it is in it's final writing is here.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/do***ents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/Senate P***ed Legislature/5585-S.PL.pdf
There are some limitations but they are more on the line of the same limitations that the Historic, collector or antique plates have now.

It does somewhat cover the concept of keeping any and all receipts that a person gets when he/she buys parts (speciffically major parts) for a project or do***entation of where the parts came from such as the ***le or copy of the ***le of the doner car. It's called having your ducks in a row when you go to the state patrol inspector to get the car inspected.
"Where did the engine come from"? answer= Here is the copy of the ***le of the doner car that I took the engine, trans and rear end out of and here is the receipt I got from the s**** yard when I sold them the hulk and turned the ***le in. And so on and so forth. And receipt books are cheap at the stores that stock office supplies.

 

Ah, Rick, tell us how you really feel.

 

Sounds like the ONLY thing Gregwaw has done so far! The woman is an absolute ideopathic *****, and thank God, she can't run again. I too thought she would do a good job; her and Arnold should make a movie together. Butch/56sedandelivery.

 

big deal! what about the new law they p***ed making us buy yearly tabs for cars with collector plates or YOM plates, ****ing ***holes!!!

 

As far as the bill, very cool. What is surprising, is that no one voted for her.

 

Its about time she did something that makes sence!

 

This was in Washington State? WOW!
Now that is forward thinking. Let's hope this is a trend.

 

Whaaaaa?

 

Belive it or not Washington State is the center of the hot rod universe.

 

whaaaa????? x2...... I have collector plates on mine, I haven't gotten any info about tabs.....

 

If ya had shown up for H.A.M.B. and eggs, ya would know!!

 

The last I heard it was held at a place were you couldn't see the parking lot?

 

If they p***ed legislation like that down here in Australia there would be a m***ive country wide thud as all the rodders p***ed out with shock. Maybe we should put it up as an example. Thanks for the PDF link Mr48Chev'.

 

I'm glad they simplified it, and honestly I'm shocked a bill with that much common sense was p***ed, much less signed, by the illustrious governor of King County.

 

Bout time.

 

well I drove my 53.......

 

I hope it all actually makes it through the way it should!

I also, was not privy to the legislation that would require tabs for collector and YOM plates!!!

Does anyone have a link to that one!?!


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Ok ya got me, when and were?

 

I'm kinda against this too, atleast until i hear particulars of cl***ifications, I DONT WANT MY HOT ROD TO BE LABELED "STREET ROD" instead of restoration, because then in the future they may p*** laws directed tward street rods, Like seat belts and twin tail lights like some places have.

ALSO, can i YOM a street rod? because YOM is the only way to not need to re-register every 5 or something years like you have to with the antique plates

What is the deal with tabing YOM cars?

 

USRI, Idaho's automotive lobbying council did all of that back in the mid 80's. We have been around since 1979. Check the link below.

 

Hahahaha! Agreed! Wait, didn't all the dead people vote for her?

Haven't heard about the tabs on Collector plates. I just got some for a car a couple months ago... am I grandfathered in?

Is there a link for that?

I think that there are more cool cars here per capita than anywhere else! What else you gonna do when it rains?

 

Ya got to join the hamb and eggs group, sub group of the north west hambers.........

...Roach.

 

House Bill 1134 proposes a $30 annual renewal fee for Horseless Carriage and Collector plates. This bill has already been read on the floor of the House of Representatives and referred to the Committee on Transportation. Hopefully, with enough opposition, it will not make it out of committee. If p***ed, it's supposed to be effective in October.

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/do***ents/billdocs/2011-12/Htm/Bills/House Bills/1134.htm

There's a list of e-mails for the members of the House Transportation Committee available so you can request their opposition to H.B. 1134 and it's suggested that you also e-mail a copy of your letter to Steve McDonald at SEMA.

It seems they want to make it easier to get licensing for street rods and customs through one bill just so they can collect more money via another bill.

 

Thanks, sadayo. You always have to think what's next with lawmakers. There is usually an ulterior motive.

Mike