Ian7 Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Anyone built and registered a Caterham in, or transferred a registration to Georgia? Did it rank as easy, average, or nigh-on-impossible relative to other places? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athens7 Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Easy enough under current Georgia law, if the car is not coming from a foreign country (already built and titled). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian7 Posted November 20, 2010 Author Share Posted November 20, 2010 Car is built and titled as a home built in Canada. Could it be disassembled to some extent, shipped, and rebuilt as a Caterham using the never-used Caterham chassis plate number, or do you think they'd stop it at the border? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruadhd2 Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Look up Solder_guy on this forum. Dr. Rob Mitchell. He probably knows all about this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solder_guy Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Car is built and titled as a home built in Canada. Could it be disassembled to some extent, shipped, and rebuilt as a Caterham using the never-used Caterham chassis plate number, or do you think they'd stop it at the border? If the car is titled as a 1962 Lotus .. probably no problem at the border. Otherwise you probably should call Ben at Caterham US and ask him. Georgia law is not a problem. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian7 Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 thanks guys. Because of some odd circumstances, the car is a 2002 Caterham, titled here in QC as a 2005 (the date it was finally road worthy). 'Make' is "Lotus", 'model' is "homebuilt", with a quebec DMV assigned VIN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z3 Stalker Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 I would first check with the government on how you stand importing a home built kit car into either the US or Canada, whichever way the vehicle is going. I may be wrong but if it is not a factory built car you cannot drive it on the street only use it on the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac w Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 I purchased mine from a guy in Austin Tx had no problem with registration here in Barrow County Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 In an emission controlled county it is a big problem because you must pass an OBD II emission check on a 2002 car. To get out of the OBD check and have a tail pipe idle (gas sniff) test you need an exemption form the head of the Georgia EPD, at the time I got my exemption his name was Steve Laydon. It was a 4 month process to convince him my car was emission compliant but would not pass an OBD check as the engine and PCU came from a car with an automatic transmission. If you have an option MOVE TO A COUNTY THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE EMISSION TESTING FOR REGISTRATION! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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