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76gmc

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ok, my truck is a 76..i got pulled in november for a dead tag..i got it inspected and registered and all that the other day but some guys at the shop i went to said that my truck is antique soon (they werent sure when) and after it becam antique i no longer need inspection or renewed tag/registration..i tried googling this subject to no avail..can any one tell me when my truck is antique and exactly what i do or do not have to do to keep it street legal any more or atleast point me in the right direction to find my answers..thanks in advance.:driver:
 
Yep, 35 years. I was under the impression it was 30 years when I went to get my registration/tag on my 78, and found out it was 35 years, so I had to go back out and get it inspected...3 more years.

You still have to renew the tag/registration every year. Just no inspection.
 
Yep, Alex thats what I thought, you definately wouldn't have needed a cat either way though, your inspection should've just been safety, basically tires, horn, lights, brakes.
 
Blaze said:
Weird, I used to own a 74 AMX back in 07-09 and I never had to get it inspected.
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It would have been 35 years old in 08 I would assume by build date, so you probably wouldn't have needed an inspection. Besides, then you didn't need an inspection to get a registration anyway, so you may have just rolled it illegally for a year, then you were good to go.
 
I haven't had my 73 rover inspected since 2008.

If it is under 35 years, go get it inspected. Basically, good exhaust, good seat belts, horn, wipers, lights all work. Oh, and have a gas cap.

Make sure all emmissions is still there as well.
 
since ive posted this ive heard of guys running a tag from the year their vehicle was produced on an antique..dont wanna do that but just raises an interesting question as to how that legal...any thoughts?
 
76gmc said:
since ive posted this ive heard of guys running a tag from the year their vehicle was produced on an antique..dont wanna do that but just raises an interesting question as to how that legal...any thoughts?
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In North Carolina it is legal to run a vintage tag on your vehicle IF you also register the vehicle, and keep the current tag with the vehicle. If you are pulled you are required to display the tag to the officer, you don't have to do anything as far as registering the vintage tag. The state still gets there money each year for renewing the tag.
 
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