1981 and older now qualify for collectors plates in Colorado!

YAY!!!!! I know that's good news!

 

Close. I need it be 1983! My car had collector plates when i bought it. When i went to register, it no longer qualified!

 

CoTiger:

Great news, indeed!

The DMV has not updated their webpage yet, so the rules are still unclear. Unless they have changed, you used to have to only sniff the car Once - prior to getting your collector tags - and then never again as long as you kept the registration up to date.

Jonathan
Denver, CO

 

Great for CO residents! Would love to see California reform its ancient smog check program. But it will never happen... bureaucrats will never reform themselves out of a cushy job.

 

It's amazing how different the rules are in different states of the "United States." In MD the car only has to be 20 to meet the criteria and there is no emission checks at all from then on, just a re-register at 5 year intervals. I've been told that in some states the requirements differ in different counties; I can't understand THAT at all.

My 328 has been in collector car status in MD since '09. I'll probably be moving it to TX in the next couple of years; guess I better check to see THEIR requirements.

 

Found this on the Colorado DMV website in regards to Collector Plates -- A model year at least thirty-two years old; except that, if the vehicle is being registered in the program area, as defined in section 42-4-304. I looked up 42-4-304, and i believe it is getting an emissions test when transferring ownership. That could mean in 2015s, the QVs will be eligible for collector plates. But, i believe you are limited to 4500 miles a year. Not great but i can live with that.

 

In The Great State Of Texas,,,car has to be 25yrs old,pay registration every 7yrs,$65, and no inspection required! The plate looks goofy,,has a horseless carriage.I have a custom F1Austin license plate on my bmw and wanted to put it on my 308 but my mechanic insisted I go historic.It is cheaper and easier and don't have to have any front plate.

 

Not having a front plate is a major plus for most cars, especially 308!

 

Its is probably recorded via the emissions test that was done last. Questionable if you need to do emissions every 5 years so, my guess is they could check it if they really wanted to.

 

What do they look like?

 

"Not having a front plate is a major plus for most cars, especially 308!"

Agree!
MD requires a front plate (historic or not) but in the 5+ years I've owned it I have never attached the front plate and never had an issue with the law. Lawman told me in a casual conversation that it would be extremely unlikely that a cop would pull over the car just for that but if, say, pulled over for speeding, that would probably be written up in addition.

 

hi guys, I was exempt from emissions in Jefferson county for 10 years until my 5 year plate came due this sept. I had to get a sniffer test and visual cat test, idle only, and not on the rollers. this will have to be performed every 5 years under the current law. what a hastle, but was a no brainer with my programmable injection system. my car is a 78 euro spec btw.
looks like anyone with collector tags needs an emissions to renew.
I just might take the 308 out today. a nice winter solstice ride.

 

If I put historical plates on a 1968 car, do I even need to do emissions tests?

 

What's there to test? Even California doesn't test prior to 1975.

 

Step in the right direction! Here in Arkansas it's 25 years or older can get Antique tag for $7 one-time, never expires, permanent registration. No emissions checks or front plates on any cars, not just antique. The only thing we lack is historical/collector plates. One type of basic antique plate, that's it.

 

My white ceramic coated headers and straight through racing exhaust.

 

Has to do with whether or not teh county is smog district.

I suppose back east, where states are small, the entire state is a smog district.

In AZ, The counties that contain Phoenix, and Tucson, plus parts of other counties that encroach on metro PHX are smog districts.

A smog district, has, well smog or other pollutants, on a regular basis

Rural counties, with few people, have no emissions checks at all. My new county of residence is smog exempt, but even when i lived in metro PHX, any car over 20 years old, that had collector car insurance, was exempt. The insurance thing was the reasoning that collector insured cars, didn't get driven much, due to mileage requirements on the part of the insurers. The EPA had to sign off on the collector exemption.

CA is just F@#$%&, they just don't want people to drive older cars at all.

Doug

 

What is a historical plate? Do you mean Horseless Carriage? That one is severely limited in terms of drivability though. Limited to parades/car shows etc. I think you are better off with with the collector plates especially if you "live" in an area that does not require emissions.

 

Well, if I use the collector plates, I don't need the emissions, right?

 

Hope your states are not doing what the collector of revenue in some counties in Missouri is doing. Know of 2 examples of people putting the historical plates on their special interest/ collector cars, and their property tax/valuation went thru the roof. One was a 57' Chevy, it jumped to $75,000, and a 67 Shelby, the valuation jumped to $125,000. The man with the 57, went to the courthouse to see why it had increased so, after putting the historical plates in the car, apparently that dept can cross reference with the dmv, to see if you have those type of plates,, on your car, and "reason" it must be a very nice car, and used the Old Cars Price guide, to value the cars! Ouch!

 

Not in NY, at least not around NYC. You will get a ticket for not having a front plate, especially if you're driving an exotic.

 

What about the possibility though, that going through the emissions process once every two years (which is what's required in Colorado for my '89) might detect engine and exhaust problems early, before things get worse? This was the case with a 1987 Alfa spider that I had. The emissions testing discovered an O2 sensor problem that I suspect could have led to other, harder-to-fix problems if left undiagnosed.

Plus, the emissions inspection guys seem to enjoy testing a Ferrari!