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Ok I am looking for registration and title info.For those the have a VW based car,and have it titled as a VW.
For those that have had the misfortune of being pulled over for a traffic offence did the Officer question this isn’t a VW.How was this handled.I have a line on what I need to put this car on the road as a dub,but I myself question the MG body.I would like to do this the right way but I may not have an option.
I am getting fustrated with my district State Patrol Office,several calls to the automated operator,and no return call.I am starting to dislike all this new technology you can’t even talk to a real person when making a call.
I didn’t have this problem a few years ago when I built my trike.1 phone call, returned the same day,Inspected that week and on the road.
Guess Iwill have to go to the Patrol Office in person.
Sorry for the ranting.
I am not sure but most states title a vehicle by the frame not the body a few will title by what the vehicle looks like but that comes with to many restrictions …. legal drive-ability restrictions good luck,,,,,,,,,,, Dan R
Click on the search button at the top of the page. Type in title ,click on all forums and you will get about 75 posts on the subject of titles and registration. It seems that where you are located and which inspector you get can make it a good or not so good experience.
Hey oldbuzz,
I know some people just leave their car titled and registered as the original VW donor car. I do not recommend that. You are asking for much trouble down the road.
Two minutes on Wisconsin’s DMV site and I found the following, which is pretty much all you need to know to properly title your kit car in Wisconsin.
http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/drivers/vehicles/personal/speci al/hobbyist.htm#replica
Replica vehicles
- Are reproductions of vehicles originally made by another manufacturer.
- Must replicate a vehicle at least 20 years old.
- May be a “kit car.”
- May need to have form MV2855
completed.
Reconstructed vehicles
- Must be constructed from a vehicle at least 20 years old.
- Must no longer be recognizable as the original vehicle.
- Must be inspected by a Wisconsin State Patrol Officer. An appointment for the inspection must be made in advance.
- Application materials must include bills of sale for all major parts used in the construction of the vehicle.
The MV2855 form is here:
http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/drivers/forms/mv2855.pdf
All the State Police contact info is here:
http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/about/locate/sp/offices.htm
Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica RoadsterIf you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)
Thanks for all the replies.
I know my car will pass an inspection.
Paul I have all that info and forms.
My problem is the inspector for my district of wisconsin says he’s booked for the next 3 weeks doing salvage inspections,the junk the insurance companies wrote off as totaled,and somone is trying to put back on the road.Says he’ll call when his calender clears up.Well I for one know his calender won’t clear up any time soon as there is to many in the field of repairing this junk.I just want to get on his calender.
I even took the 70 mile drive to the district office this morning,and wouldn’t you know he called and talked to my wife 15 minutes after I left thier office,,told her he would call when his calender clears up.His personal cell number was on my caller ID,so I called got voice mail and now still waiting for a return call that will come the minute I leave the house.
sorry for the ranting again,I think I deserve to have a chance at getting my junk on the road as well as the next guy in line.If I knew it was goingto be like this I would have tried to get an appointment in December when the car was still in pieces.
Yeah. Ranting is fine here.
Really tho, I would be patient and do it the right way…for exactly the reasons you referred to in your initial post.
Unless of course you can finagle a title for a 52 MG TD!
Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica RoadsterIf you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)
Update;
The inspector finally called back monday afternoon.Short story is Car will be inspected Monday the 14th.The officer seemed kind of rude on the phone,but I guess that’s to be expected in this situation.The good part is I only have to meet Wisconsin saftey standards for 1953.
I will post how it goes.
Congrats!
Hmmm…so what kind of safety standards existed in 1953?
Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica RoadsterIf you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)
In 1953, I rode laying in the “package deck” under the rear window of my parent’s ’52 Chevy DeLuxe, no freaking seat belts, car seats, bicycle helmets, padded playgrounds and my sister sent me to the store on my bike with 24 cents to buy her Lucky Strikes
I ran with scissors, my father used lead paint and wrapped the steam pipes in our house with asbestos. The county used to send around a pick-up truck with a fogger that spread DDT and we’d run in the cloud behind it!
Oxymoron: We didn’t pay for TV and buy water in bottles back then, nor was I allowed to swim until an hour after I ate a freaking tuna sandwich either!
I guess we kind of weeded out the weak and only the strong survived back then
The DDT cloud thing maybe explains what happened to the next generation (mine). DDT. That’s the stuff that made bird eggs soft, right? Maybe did the same thing to our skulls.
I agree with Pink MG and also did the same things. As Bob Dylan said “the times they are changing”.
Scott, I bought my car from someone in Wisconsin (Reedsburg) thru the Volo Auto Museum and it came titled as a 1952 MG.
Gil
Man some of these replies bring back memories.I too did all these things that today are bad,including smelling melting lead helping Grandpa make sinkers.
Must have firmed up my skull though,I recall bashing heads with a neighborhood kid playing some kids game,and the end result was I caved in his forhead,and he was transported to the Hospital by way of ambulance.
Maybe there was after affects of this, would explain my facination with cars.
I remember that melting lead smell in my grandma’s kitchen, where my uncle Pete was crafting bunker snaggers. “What’s that smell,” I asked.
“Elephant poop,” he replied, without smiling.
I’m sure it exacerbated the inexorable process of dumbening.
Major thread drift…but I gotta chime in anyway.
I did everything in Mark’s note accept ride on the package shelf. And that’s only cause my dad always had a station wagon. So we would ride on the floor in the “way back”. And once, I rode in the little package space behind the rear seat in my friend’s mom’s VW Beetle.
And I’m gonna add three things…using gasoline to clean grease off your hands, starting a siphon to drain dad’s snow blower & lawn mower by sucking on the end of the hose and just spitting the gas out…and probably the best one…
There used to be a dry ant killer called Cope. It was the most beautiful stuff, sort of a granular mix of metallic burgundies and silvers. When you ran your hands through it or picked up handfuls and let it run between your fingers it sparkled in the sun. I’ve no idea what the insecticide was. But I’m pretty damn sure it’s long been banned. I used to play with the stuff like it was a sand box!
Scott – back to you! Let us know how the inspection goes!
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Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica RoadsterIf you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)
Scott I know your frustration. I just spent over a month trying to get mine figured out. The inspector was very nice. He was over twice and made several calls trying to get it done the right way. Long story short my new KS. title came in the mail last week. My 1966 VW with an early 1980’s body now has a new Vin No. is listed with the year as 1998, Make is MFGD [ I dont know if that was a missprint or what and Im not going to ask} and the Model is listed as KIT49. Its classified as a BODY EXCHANGE. With this all said I have to wonder what would happen if I ever moved to another state.
MFG is a common abbreviation for manufacturer, so I’m guessing MFGD is their abbreviation for Manufactured or maybe remanufactured.
In NJ, a kit car gets titled as REC for Reconstructed.
Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica RoadsterIf you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)
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