Have a "Classic car"? You may want to pay attention...

treitz3

Apparently states are "changing" the requirements to have a classic car. Below is a link to an article that explains just what "changes" are being made in Nevada.

https://www.motorious.com/articles/features-3/nevada-close-classic-car-loophole/

I have personally hit a milestone with my truck, going over 400K miles on her. I bought her brand new off the lot. She is now 18 years old, very soon to be 19 years old and I am looking forward to it being classified as a "Classic" vehicle at the ripe ol' age of 20. I have even posted my excitement about it here on the forum.

Right now, in my state, so long as it is original (not severely altered...true to the original design), has the original radio, runs and is in general good condition? It's considered a classic at 20 years of age and you can get a classic designated license plate.....

Wait a minute....

Wait just a cotton pickin' minute!!!

I just looked and apparently, it has changed in SC as well. Now, it's no longer 20 years, they moved it to 25 years old and it has to be owned purely as a collector car, not a primary car. Yeah, not gonna happen. I love, love, love my truck as a daily driver.

Crap. I might as well replace the radio to something I want and keep it designated as a "property carrying" vehicle. Total bummer.

Vehicles you have now that are considered a "classic" car *may* not be eligible anymore to be a classic, as the laws are-a-changin'.

Tom

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mhardy6647

What's the advantage to the classic plates? cheaper? no inspection?

Here in (rural) NH, one may fairly easily get Ag plates for vehicles that are uninspectable (so to speak). They can even be used on the road but for limited mileage (15 or 20 miles one way, IIRC).
I considered getting Ag plates for the Taco, but decided to let it go.

I have heard that in VA, the bar's even lower for Ag plates.

Just a thought.

treitz3

mhardy6647 wrote: »

What's the advantage to the classic plates? cheaper? no inspection?

That's a good question. In most many states, it bypasses the need for the vehicle to go through a smog check or a vehicle inspection. We don't have those requirements in SC, so no benefit there. Other than that? I'd actually have to look it up.

I was wanting the designation more for the "cool" factor, rather than anything else, knowing that I am the original owner of a great vehicle! I still get a lot of "thumbs up" as I travel and it makes me feel proud of what I have. The designation may not have amounted to a hill of beans to anyone other than me or offered me any usable benefits, but it was something I was looking forward too.....and I am was so close.

Dag Nabbit!

Tom

Tony M

Per my neighbor's glee, I was going to get an Antique plate for my 95 F150 many years ago but it was around 50.00 more a year, on top of the reg. 45.00. I declined. I wasn't on SS or hadn't cashed my 401K out yet.

Prices may be different but not by much. I might just look into the rules of those tags in a minute. It's been 12 years or more.

NC has raised its age period to 30 years now. 3 more years for my truck now.

Now I'd buy a set of Polk Monitor 4 thru 5 speakers for 50.00 once a month OR MORE if I saw them up for sale nearby and they looked good.

mhardy6647

(most) Polk Montior 4 and 5 are more than 30 years old... I am just saying.

Tony M

mhardy6647 wrote: »

(most) Polk Montior 4 and 5 are more than 30 years old... I am just saying.

10-4 on that.

And they'll outlast me too.

F1nut

Tom, designating a vehicle as a classic has always come with restrictions such as how much mileage you can put on the vehicle per year. Also, insurance companies have restrictions such as you must prove it is not a daily driver. In addition, the age to classify as a classic/historic/antique varies from state to state, but is between 20 to 30 years.

treitz3

I didn't realize that there were restrictions. I guess I never really looked into it that hard, just ran a simple search of what would classify a car in SC as a classic. The links I had read in the past had no mention of such restrictions, only that the vehicle was original (not severely altered...true to the original design), has the original radio and was in general good condition.....and that it had to be 20 years old.

I guess I should have researched more, as I thought this was all I needed to know.

Tom