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Hard to tell from this angle. The knock-off spinners and side pipes are right. The seats and the dash are ususally the give away. The speedo was on the passenget side of the dash far far away fromt he driver and the seats that were original were mid-back bucket seats. Those things still don't prove authenticity but very rarely do they show up in knock-off cars.

There are some VERY collectable copies from the same era on the market so the historical plate may not denote the genuine nature.

 

EEP!

If I were getting ready to grill steaks and I saw something like THAT...SHRIEK!!!

I can handle snakes, slugs, snails, ants...but flying bugs THAT BIG would be in a tie for first place with SPIDERS!

 

There are replicas that use original specs and have the "Power by Ford 427ci" fender emblems. It's not uncommon to drop any sort of big-block Ford in them including 427s (new race blocks still available from Ford Racing). Personally if I was going to make a replica I'd go the 5.0 Cammer route. :cornut:

Millions? Not quite. A REAL (From the 60's) Shelby Cobra 427 in excellent condition is $700-800k.

As far as the moth: :eek6: DAMN! :eek6:

 

Nice replica..... Sad that real ones are too valuable to see the light of day let along be driven on the street. Some of the replicas are done very well.

 

Yes something seems very odd about that. The folks at the Ohio DMV are not the smartest group of folks. ut:

 

When I lived in Ohio, cars with historical plates were exempt from the emissions testing & such; does that still hold true now?

Here in Virginia, a LOT of vehicles have personalized plates. If a personalized plate offends someone, they merely contact the DMV and the DMV will review the complaint and many times the plates "are" ruled inappropriate and the owner needs to get a different set of plates.

Unless the Virginia law has recently changed, vehicles with antique plates can only rack up a maximum number of miles per year; anything in excess renders the antique status as invalid and the vehicle must then follow the same yearly inspection standards as non-antique vehicles.

So...perhaps someone needs to make an anonymous tip to Ohio DMV. Fair is fair and all that jazz!

<end rant!>

 

Nathan, does the DMV stipulate annual maximum mileage once historical plates are issued?

 

No mileage stipulations.

ODPS | BMV | Special License Plates

 

Many folks in Ohio drive old beater cars around all the time with antique plates on them. It is not something that is checked much if at all. Folks with classics find it easy to stay within the bounds of the regs. When I had my MG with antique tags I was going to say I was testing out recent repairs (probably true) if the police asked. All I ever got from the police was a thumbs up though.

 

*cough cough* :wink: :lol:

 

Yeah..saw them all over the neighborhood...

Not very good at being ninja's if I saw them.

 

That pile O carp looks like it should handle well. Lots of road holding camber there. :crazy:

 

heh....got to hold the iPhone still for a bit when you use and marry those bracketed shots.