I just wanted to thank everyone here for your help! I finally got all my issues resolved and just passed a state inspection!

If you lived near me you could have passed the state inspection with this car
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Is this the 914 banana version ?

what was the final determination with the tax man? did you take one with that? or did reason prevail over the bloated bureaucracy?

I was actually waiting to update on tax situation until it was all finalized.

As of right now I have called the DMV and after a bit of haggling got the case passed on to someone else. The new person is way more reasonable and allowing me to send pictures and receipts for parts already purchased.

Persistence with the DMV seems to be key on that one