Who knows things about the 35 year old inspection exemption?

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An excerpt from NC HB100v3:

DMV/REDUCE NUMBER OF YEARS FOR A VEHICLE TO QUALIFY FOR AN ANTIQUE REGISTRATION PLATE SECTION 4.15.(a) G.S. 20-79.4(b)(94) reads as rewritten: "(94) Historic Vehicle Owner. – Issuable for a motor vehicle that is at least (strikethrough: 35 years old) 30 years old measured from the date of manufacture. The plate for an historic vehicle shall bear the word "Antique" unless the vehicle is a model year 1943 or older. The plate for a vehicle that is a model year 1943 or older Page 14 House Bill 100-Ratified shall bear the word "Antique" or the words "Horseless Carriage", at the option of the vehicle owner."

So the classification of antique vehicle can now be made at 30 years instead of 35. My question is this: is the inspection exemption tied to the "antique vehicle" designation, or is it separately define for vehicles older than 35 years?
 
My boss said this morning the inspection machine had a message from the DMV that vehicles 30 years old were exempt from inspection. Dad's happy because his bronco is an 88.

It should be all 30 year old vehicles. I don't have antique plates on my 67 Fairlane or my 78 f150 but haven't inspected them in years.

Edited to clarify I think it's separate. No need to get the antique plates.
 
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Tim C said:
My boss said this morning the inspection machine had a message from the DMV that vehicles 30 years old were exempt from inspection. Dad's happy because his bronco is an 88.

It should be all 30 year old vehicles. I don't have antique plates on my 67 Fairlane or my 78 f150 but haven't inspected them in years.
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Good, that's what I wanted to hear. Derelict beater truck is an 86 has been unregistered for about a year due to lack of inspection. Sounds like I can get legal again.
 
Yay now my Jimmy doesn’t have to be inspected
 
Just got a message on the inspection machine today that the EPA approved a rolling 20 year program. Starting dec1 vehicles older than 20 years don't get emissions tested, safety only in emissions counties like wake, Durham, Cumberland, etc.
 
well that should open up some interesting motor swaps that'll be anything up to 2000 models after january
 
Well, I put tags on my '86 today, but...

The system still calls for inspection & I asked about the 30-year change. The lady remembered the "blast" that was sent out stating the 30 year change, but had to call 'Emmissions" to get the block lifted.

It worked out, but took 10-15-minutes....
 
We have a 78 Cheyenne with a steel dump flat bed and weighted tags, its exempted from inspections.
 
doc said:
Well, I put tags on my '86 today, but...

The system still calls for inspection & I asked about the 30-year change. The lady remembered the "blast" that was sent out stating the 30 year change, but had to call 'Emmissions" to get the block lifted.

It worked out, but took 10-15-minutes....
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That should go away as the DMV catches up and updates the system. At the speed they work it'll be a few months LOL
 
Tim C said:
That should go away as the DMV catches up and updates the system. At the speed they work it'll be a few months LOL
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They forced a "lift" on the restriction until December...lady said it MAY be updated when I renew in 2020.
 
Tim C said:
Just got a message on the inspection machine today that the EPA approved a rolling 20 year program. Starting dec1 vehicles older than 20 years don't get emissions tested, safety only in emissions counties like wake, Durham, Cumberland, etc.
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Alot of the counties in NC are safety only now.
 
paradisePWoffrd said:
Alot of the counties in NC are safety only now.
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Yep, but 22 of the 100 counties are emissions counties though, and it's mostly higher population centers. That's still good news to anyone living near Raleigh, Durham, Sanford, Fayetteville, Charlotte, Wilmington, or Winston Salem that may be wanting to engine swap a 99 TJ for example. It's still got to pass a visual check like having a cat converter, and safety inspection but you don't have to get the ecm programmed with the right vin like before
 
doc said:
But than you have to actually stay in SC, not worth it!

J/K!!:beer:
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no you are right.
Its miserable here.
Sucks.
Worse than Baghdad. If you ever need to move...anywhere else is better. No one should want to live here....

Me? I'll just stay because Im...lazy and such
 
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