We have a complete selection of restoration and performance parts, including original style interior seat covers, door panels, carpeting, dash pads, and all of the trim necessary for your restoration. Contact Call the DMV Customer Communications Section, at (916) 657-6560 for further clarification of this memo.Thank you for visiting Eckler's, the leading site for Restoration and Restomod Parts and Accessories! You'll find our site is a one-stop shop for everything you need to restore or upgrade your Tri-Five Chevy. References California Vehicle Code §§259, 4000.1, 5051, and 5004 California Health and Safety Code §§43002, 44011, and 44012(f) Vehicle Industry Registration Procedures Manual §21.090 Distribution Notification that this memo is available online, at under Publications was made via California DMV’s Automated E-mail Alert System in April 2012. Background Vehicles assigned Historical Vehicle License Plates were incorrectly being exempt from smog certification requirements. Procedures Refer customers who inquire about a smog exemption to contact the Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) at or to call the BAR number at 1-80. However, if a historical or collector vehicle (regardless of the license plates assigned to it) is at least 35 years old, the vehicle is exempt from certain portions of the smog test as required by the California Health and Safety Code, provided the vehicle meets the specified criteria. manufactured prior to 1976 year-model) and other specified criteria, and not the license plate assigned to the vehicle. Permanent exemption from smog requirements is based on the year-model of the vehicle (i.e. New Information Vehicles that are 1976 year-model and newer assigned Historical Vehicle License Plates are not exempt from smog requirements based on designation as a historical or collector vehicle. After January 1, 2003, this exemption will apply to any vehicle 30 or more model-years old. News Flash: On October 8, 1997, California's Governor, Pete Wilson, signed SB42, thereby exempting any motor vehicle manufactured prior to the 1974 model-year from smog check certificates of compliance or noncompliance biennially, upon transfer of ownership, or upon registration of a vehicle previously registered outside the state. 1984, Effective January 1, 1985.Ĭalifornia Vehicles of Historic Value are exempt from biennially smog check requirements. (f) As used in this section, a vehicle is of historic interest if it is collected, restored, maintained, and operated by a collector or hobbyist principally for purposes of exhibition and historic vehicle club activities. (e) These vehicles shall not be exempt from the equipment provisions of Sections 26709, 27150, and 27600. (d) All funds received by the department in payment for such identification plates or the replacement thereof shall be deposited in the California Environmental License Plate Fund. If such special identification shall become damaged or unservicable in any manner, replacement for the plates may be obtained from the department upon proper application and upon payment of such fee as is provided for in Section 9265. Such plates shall be permanent and shall not be required to be replaced. (c) A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be charged for the initial issuance of the special identification plates. 1".Įach series of plates shall have different and distinguishing colors. The special identification plates assigned to vehicles specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) shall run in a separate numerical series commencing with "Historical Vehicle No. (b) The special identification plates assigned to motor vehicles with an engine of 16 or more cylinders manufactured prior to 1965 and to any motor vehicle manufactured in the year 1922 and prior thereto shall run in a separate numerical series, commencing with "Horseless Carriage No. (3) A vehicle which was manufactured after 1922, is at least 25 years old, and is of historic interest. (2) A motor vehicle manufactured in the year 1922 or prior thereto. (1) A motor vehicle with an engine of 16 or more cylinders manufactured prior to 1965. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any owner of a vehicle described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) which is operated or moved over the highway primarily for the purpose of historical exhibition or other similar purpose shall, upon application in the manner and at the time prescribed by the department, be issued special identification plates for the vehicle:
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