any owners in Georgia ?

[Ian7]

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?

[athens7]

Easy enough under current Georgia law, if the car is not coming from a foreign country (already built and titled).

[Ian7]

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?

[Ruadhd2]

Look up Solder_guy on this forum. Dr. Rob Mitchell. He probably knows all about this stuff.

[solder_guy]

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

[Ian7]

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.

[Z3 Stalker]

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.

[mac w]

I purchased mine from a guy in Austin Tx had no problem with registration here in Barrow County

[James A]

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!