> Just a thought - would it be illegal, immoral, or fattening to register
> an out of date Imperial (California) in say , the state of Texas, and
> after a time reregister it in the The Peoples Republic of California?
>
> Marc
Someone else has said that were you to do this, bringing the car back into
California would re-activate the accrued fines from it's former owner. I
find this to be a dubious outcome. Let's say Joe in California sells me a
not so great '58 rather than pay his fines. I fix it up here in Texas. I
then decide to sell it, for whatever reason. Jane in California buys it and
it ends up back in California. Jane would have to pay Joe's accrued fines?
How could that possibly be legal? Plus, I think we would have heard by now
of such a case.
To register a car in Texas does require residency, but that's about it. I
know of people who have suffered problems from the curb police, usually as a
violation of deed restriction violations. If it's in a garage, its fine.
If it's in your drive way and you neighbours have a problem with that, then
you have a problem, too.
I finally bought a tag for my Imperial last week. I had been chatting with
a police officer in a parking lot, who had come over to view the car. He
said the radio dispatcher had said to find out if the driver was English,
as several officers had met him and found him to be a good guy. Anyhoo, as
he began to amble off again, he said, "Now, we both know the tag on this old
thing is way out of date, don't we?" "I'm afraid we do," I had to reply.
"And we both know you are going to take care of it ASAP, right?" "Yes, we
know that too," I was relieved to respond. Hey, it only expired in October,
so I did not feel I had to rush out the next day. No fine, or grief, at the
county tax office.
On the same day, I also got the "new" 1958 plates I scored off of e-bay
accepted for use by the TX Dept. of Transportation. All I have to do now is
complete the form they gave me and wait a few weeks for an official OK from
Austin. Unfortunately, the plates in 1958 were black with white letters. I
don't think this will go too well on my lightly complicated car, but we
shall see. Apparently back then you got a whole new set of plates every
year. It was not until about 1975, in Texas, that you just got a tag to
stick on the plate. Go figure that, before computers. That's a lot of
numbers to keep track of.
Hugh
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