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How do you guys get away with listing a car as a 1965 LOTUS super seven when its clearly not. Neither of these cars have been anywhere near the Lotus or Arch factories yet both claim to be a LOTUS. Very relaxed rules over there compared to us in Aus. Can you also build a 250 GTO on a toyota celica and sell it as a Ferrari?

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Different states have different laws concerning the registration of kit cars. Some allow you to title it as the car it is a replica of, others such as Colorado register them as a Kit or home built.

 

The 250 GTO replica on a Toyota chassis would retain the Toyota title in most states. People do try to sell kit cars as originals but I think almost anyone buying a sports car would not be fooled.

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Different states have different laws concerning the registration of kit cars. Some allow you to title it as the car it is a replica of, others such as Colorado register them as a Kit or home built.

 

The 250 GTO replica on a Toyota chassis would retain the Toyota title in most states. People do try to sell kit cars as originals but I think almost anyone buying a sports car would not be fooled.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Replica-Kit-Makes-BENTLEY-CONTINENTAL-R-2-DOOR-SEDAN-/150984095940?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item23275a78c4

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There is nothing in that ebay ad telling what the car is registered as.

 

So I called the seller and asked him what it was titled as. His answer: 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme.

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How do you guys get away with listing a car as a 1965 LOTUS super seven when its clearly not. Neither of these cars have been anywhere near the Lotus or Arch factories yet both claim to be a LOTUS. Very relaxed rules over there compared to us in Aus. Can you also build a 250 GTO on a toyota celica and sell it as a Ferrari?

 

But , I think a lot of the fudging here has to do with two points, in most other countries you are dealing with one national car registration system and the rules are common ( and it seems often make more sense, also helps if they are familiar with your type of car).

Here, there are massive differences from state to state ( and often within the cities of one state, particularly with smog/emissions./ safety laws).

So, a lot of times it is like a game trying to convince a bored post menopausal witch that the car that you just finished building with a 2012 body from the UK and an engine from a 2007 wrecked Ford Focus really is a 1967 Lotus 7 from England.

PS,

I really do find it odd that here in the USA you can buy guns with no standard balances or checks, and without too much hassle get a permit to carry them everywhere ,yet a car like this is often not able to be registered or used.

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I really do find it odd that here in the USA you can buy guns with no standard balances or checks, and without too much hassle get a permit to carry them everywhere ,yet a car like this is often not able to be registered or used.

 

I believe the writers of the constitution forgot an amendment that the right of the people to own and drive a sports car however odd shall not be infringed. Well, that would probably have been a sports buggy.

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I believe the writers of the constitution forgot an amendment that the right of the people to own and drive a sports car however odd shall not be infringed. Well, that would probably have been a sports buggy.

 

Here is what the Sports Buggy from the time of the signing of the Constitution would look like as they are still used in some parts of Pennsylvania even in today's world....

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and then if you ahere the the "add lightness" theory, you have this.

 

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQrN-_u_G87v3QmvxSuPLON3RdWtO87pnDxRZPWZM0KB97C0nq3rg

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Here is what the Sports Buggy from the time of the signing of the Constitution would look like as they are still used in some parts of Pennsylvania even in today's world....

When I was in PA last fall I saw more the SUV type of buggy (with LED markers nonetheless).

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one of the few advantages of growing old.

 

 

Just saw this cheap and cheerful little number.......http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/cto/3579651272.html

 

 

and even cheaper and cheerfuller...http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/cto/3583576276.html

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The Birkin sale ended with a bid of $22.2K which didnt make reserve. Looks like a $25K+ car to my uneducated eye.

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