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  • Start date Start date Jun 23, 2007

chiznitz

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A long long time ago..(5 years) I built my 5.0 from a 2.3L Lx. I made it a show car with a carb etc etc. Then 2 years later PA passed some emissions laws and I haven't tried to get the car on the road since...and now i am.

Question..if I get a collectible title will I be exempt from them saying the car does not have EFI and the original one had EFI.... On the safety inspection side, not the EFI side?
 

SVTCobraLTD

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Try asking this over at www.PennMustangs.com All members are from PA.

SVT
 

tomustang

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pm sent, try to put some cats on it
 

ej95cobra

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Check out this PA DMV motor vehicle incpection site for the regulations.


http://www.drivecleanpa.state.pa.us/drivecleanpa/default.htm
 

chiznitz

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Please don't post anymore of the DMV Sites. I appreciate the help but I have read every article there is including the inspection manuals. I have called both the emissions side and the safety side. Now they did tell me that they think I would be ok as a collectible however they expect me to give them receipts from 5 years ago when I built the car. The main one being that of the wrecked mustang I bought off of ebay for $700 to make the swap.... I never had a receipt for that and we took it to the junkyard when we were done with it.

So now they want me to go to a scrapyard and have them charge me tax on all the **** on my car that I dont' have a receipt for.
 
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Daggar

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chiznitz said:
Please don't post anymore of the DMV Sites. I appreciate the help but I have read every article there is including the inspection manuals. I have called both the emissions side and the safety side. Now they did tell me that they think I would be ok as a collectible however they expect me to give them receipts from 5 years ago when I built the car. The main one being that of the wrecked mustang I bought off of ebay for $700 to make the swap.... I never had a receipt for that and we took it to the junkyard when we were done with it.

So now they want me to go to a scrapyard and have them charge me tax on all the **** on my car that I dont' have a receipt for.
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That's easy. Print yourself up a receipt, spill coffee on it, and leave it on the dashboard in the hot sun for a week.
 

RsStanG1987

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chiznitz said:
Please don't post anymore of the DMV Sites. I appreciate the help but I have read every article there is including the inspection manuals. I have called both the emissions side and the safety side. Now they did tell me that they think I would be ok as a collectible however they expect me to give them receipts from 5 years ago when I built the car. The main one being that of the wrecked mustang I bought off of ebay for $700 to make the swap.... I never had a receipt for that and we took it to the junkyard when we were done with it.

So now they want me to go to a scrapyard and have them charge me tax on all the **** on my car that I dont' have a receipt for.
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Pm n8miller he works with inspections..
 

90topdown

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In PA, If car is driven less than 5000 miles per year, you are exempt from emissions testing. Also, not all counties in PA have emissions testing.

I have regular tags. Mine just passed with no emissions test. Only put about 1200 miles on it last year
 
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