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first off i live in ca, and am building a locost i was wondering if you could get a car 1973 or under (so no smog) and put the vin number off of that car onto the locost and register it as if it was a kit car, even if you don't have anyof the components from car on it. tell me what you think

I dont think that would be very legal, since nothing remains of the original car.

There are a lot of hoops to jump through to make these cars road legal. Call up your local DMV and find out what is required for a "reconstructed/dune buggy" type vehicle to make it legal.

rx191

California Smog requirements suck...I am in So Cali.

Building a 2004 2.3L Duratec, hoping to win the smog lottery....

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i have a 72 fait 850 sport spider, and was thing of using the vin offthat car for the locost, the colbra guys do it all the time here in cali they will register them as mustang 2 even though there are no mustang 2 parts on it, hey at least there both still a convertable

FWIW there was never a factory Mustang II convertable and they were all 4 seaters.

I think if the engine in your build car is from an emissions exempt car and you use the VIN from that car you may get it through. I remember reading that at one point but I don't remember where. So considering the source of the information, (second-hand from a hillbilly who read it on the internet) I wouldn't hold it in much confidence. I just thought I would contribute.

If I were a CA resident planning a build I would find out where the nearest inspection station was and head down there. A visit to the DMV wouldn't hurt either. In most states there is a process to register assembled vehicles, so I'd look into that first.