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| CCSmith58 |
 Feb 16 2026, 06:46 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 17-March 22 From: Southern California Member No.: 26,404 Region Association: Southern California 
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Hello 914 World. More specifically 1975 & older California 914-6 conversion Owners.
I have been having a 1975 914 restored / rebuilt/ modified by a Company just outside SLC UT. (hi eric / james...) The build may be done sometime this year (right ??). I'm trying to gather info on Titling & registering in CA. Here's an overview of my situation: I have a Colorado Title. The Title does say *DUPLICATE* on it. The name on the Title is not the person I purchased the car (tub) from. That Gentelman lives in UT. I have a hand written Bill of Sale from the 1st Owner in CO. dated 07/26/16 to the 2nd Owner in UT. And I have a printed signed "form" Bill of Sale dated 5/22/22 from the UT. Owner to me. The car will (should) have all the correct VIN tags. However, it will have a rebuilt 1995 gen993 3.8 & rebuilt 915 transaxle. Does anyone have any experience with a situation like this ? Registering an out of state, modified pre 1976 car in CA. What kind of "hoops" will I have to jump thru ?? Has anyone been so lucky as to go to the CA DMV and just register & Title as a regular ol' 1975 auto ?? HeLp !!!! |
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| TRP |
Feb 16 2026, 07:12 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 211 Joined: 2-September 23 From: Morgan Hill, CA Member No.: 27,559 Region Association: None
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For a 75 and earlier car, the modifications are irrelevant, the only thing the DMV will care about is the title, the VIN, and the bill of sale. It reads as though you have a clean paper trail of the purchase from the first owner, to the second, and on to you. I'm not saying it's going to be easy/smooth, but it should be possible. Because it's not registered now, and potentially out of the system for so long the CHP may want to do a safety inspection (lights, signals, horn).
Why didn't you take care of getting the car legally in your name prior to having a bunch of work done on it? |
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| CCSmith58 |
Feb 16 2026, 09:30 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 17-March 22 From: Southern California Member No.: 26,404 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(TRP @ Feb 16 2026, 05:12 PM)  For a 75 and earlier car, the modifications are irrelevant, the only thing the DMV will care about is the title, the VIN, and the bill of sale. It reads as though you have a clean paper trail of the purchase from the first owner, to the second, and on to you. I'm not saying it's going to be easy/smooth, but it should be possible. Because it's not registered now, and potentially out of the system for so long the CHP may want to do a safety inspection (lights, signals, horn). Why didn't you take care of getting the car legally in your name prior to having a bunch of work done on it? The car was not road worthy. CA DMV required I bring the car to them. It was in UT. & I had it delivered straight to PMB |
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