Ten Fifty-nine

[72targa]

Someone has to pay for the CA budget deficit of $26 Billion...

So...what custom plates are you going for in CA?

[LongRanger]

. . . Someone has to pay for the CA budget deficit of $26 Billion . . .

Hey, Peter . . .

It's not the paying that's buggin' me . . . I expect to pay taxes. Cost of doing business. Fair's fair.

It's what I'm getting back that's p!ssing me off. I expect a fair return for the taxes I pay. All that money for plates, fercryinoutloud! And, I still need a four-by to take the freeway to LA?

. . . So...what custom plates are you going for in CA? . . .

Gonna move over some tags I 'saved' on my BMW . . .

Rick Kreiskott

[LongRanger]

. . . What in the world are they charging you $1600 for? . . .

Don't know. Paid a penalty for having the car here without registering it within 30-days, but after that? 'Cause they can . . . call it Kleptofornia.

('We're not just a State. We're a condition.')

And Peter's comments further up bring up the kooky thing about Kalifornia. I mean, you just know things are eff'd-up when . . .

1) The biggest employer in the state is the Department of Corrections
2) The state's teachers are the 2nd-highest-paid in the nation, but student performance on standardized testing is ranked 48th nationwide
3) Anybody thinks that a $26B budget 'shortfall' in the 8th largest economy on the planet (http://econpost.com/californiaeconom...orld-economies) is gonna be helped/fixed/even remotely dealt with by charging for license plates.

To paraphrase, I believe Leo Beebe . . . 'I may not know anything about how to run a government or balance a budget. But you Guys don't either.'

You and I pull $h!t like that, they take us to Court, appoint a Receiver, pull the trigger. But in Kalifornia? . . . we bring in Foreign-born ex-Body-builder/Movie Stars and ding-a-ling Failed Ex-Presidential Candidates (Ex-Governor, Ex-Seminarian) to run the show, count on the DMV to pull us through financially . . . then actually act surprised by the results.

C'mon. It'd be funny if it wasn't true.

Rick Kreiskott

PS Scott . . . $168, huh? K, Smart Guy . . . how much can your Governor bench-press?

[72targa]

Well said...

[LongRanger]

Came across this a few days ago . . . NOS 914 floor panel. What struck me was the color. Factory primer.

Years back, I’d bought a stash of parts from a Guy whose Dad had been a dealer Back In The Day. Had a bunch of NOS 356 bits, including some sheet metal, body panels, with two kinds of finishes.

One was a dull flat olive-drab-sorta color --- on a driver’s side outer rocker (super-sharp factory pressing, sticker, grease penciled PN, rolled-up wire edge, everything --- totally bitchin’), finished a lot like some of the old VW bits I’d seen/collected, as well.

But the other finish . . . different, on a sheet metal reinforcement that would back the tow hook, at the bottom of the 356 battery box. Red.

Like this 914 panel.

And like 1059’s driver’s-side seat rail attach.

Bare metal, red primer, dull black paint . . .

Rick Kreiskott

[LongRanger]

. . . properly re-tagged.

Plus $5 for INF 1125 --- Request for Own Driver License or Vehicle Registration Record.

PO#3 Mark Albaugh told me that 1059 was purchased in California by PO#2 Louis Scalzo. (Found a '78-vintage AAA frwy map, so . . . ). CA DMV's web-site says that their computer records go back to ~76 . . . with any kind of luck, both PO#1 and 2 will turn up on CA's data-base.

Meanwhile, I'm still looking for PO#2 on some other channels --- thanks for the tips, Ed (I'll write you more, later) --- but the guy I really wanna find? . . .

. . . is PO#1.

Importing a Euro car, back in the early '70s. I wanna hear that story.

Rick Kreiskott

. . . and about the glove-box! What the --- ?

[beh911]

Since I started the license tag sub-thread, I had to chime in.

How on earth that four figure number is correct is beyond sensibility. My 69 lived its whole life in NC until exactly one month ago. The title transfer and registration on the 'pricey' hobby/collector plate was $98.00. One time fee.

Georgia does ad valorem with registration renewal, so get this... I owe Georgia an additional $55 in November when I renew the registration. So annually, $55.
Running a vintage tag on the car is free.

I really enjoy visiting California. The car culture is second to none, but...come on !!!!

[Tspringer]

I just registered my recently purchased '73 3.2L hotrod here in GA.... total cost with tag: $20. Thats it. If I had had an old tag that could have been used, it would have been $5.


Terry

[YTNUKLR]

When I brought my car into the state, DMV said it was going to be, like, $875 to title it. Since it was a project car and I couldn't really afford that, I said to hell with it and left it untitled (AZ) for a few years.

I don't know what happened but over X-Mas I dragged it over to AAA on a flatbed to verify the VIN. The bank was closing and I asked the clerk, "I am going to have to run to the bank to get a cashier's check or cash to cover this" because I don't normally carry $900 in my wallet... She looked kind of perplexed and asked if I could cover $36. I said, 'yes...' and then we went inside and she made up the new California title and billed me $36!

I wasn't going to argue with her, but did I get lucky here or was this just because I 'let it ride' for a few years ??

[LongRanger]

. . . When I brought my car into the state, DMV said it was going to be, like, $875 to title it. Since it was a project car and I couldn't really afford that, I said to hell with it and left it untitled (AZ) for a few years . . . over X-Mas I dragged it over to AAA on a flatbed to verify the VIN. The bank was closing . . . then we went inside and she made up the new California title and billed me $36! . . . did I get lucky here or was this just because I 'let it ride' for a few years ?? . . .

Hmm.

Maybe it was the flat-bed?

'That's not a car . . . them's car parts.'

Next time . . .

But then again . . . does 587 have tags?

Rick Kreiskott