All the info is right here at the California Air Resources board web site.

http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/noncaveh/noncaveh.htm

Todd
'88 Westy

JD Foster wrote:

>Anybody bought a Westy (or any vehicle for that matter) out of state with
>the intention of DRIVING it back to CA?  I'm in the process of buying Chris
>Turner's 86 Westy that he's had for sale, and was planning driving it back
>from PA to CA this coming November as I already had plans to be out that way
>for a wedding.  However, I'm finding the two DMV's to be rather
>uncooperative.
>
>My future brother-in-law is to pick the vehicle up from Chris this coming
>Friday, and store it at his house in Virginia until I get back there.
>However, PA won't issue a temporary transit plate/permit for the thing
>unless its titled to my brother-in-law.  I REALLY don't want to have to go
>through trying to title it in PA since its heading to CA.  CA DMV should be
>able to issue the new title fine once Chris has signed off on the PA title.
>But I can't "register" it until its actually here and has been smogged,
>etc...
>
>I tried to head down to the DMV office here to see if they will issue the
>temporary permit, but they've got great new hours where they are closed 1
>monday a month.  Must be my lucky monday.
>
>Has anybody jumped through these hoops to bring a vehicle to CA and if so
>got any insight/advise?  I'm running out of hair to pull out.  =)
>
>Thanks,
>JD
>
>BTW, sorry this message is kindof all over the place.  I just spent the last
>hour driving all over Sac county to two different DMV offices to find one
>that was closed and another that is a commercial driver test-only facility.
>Grrrr....  If I wasn't clear about anything (likely!) please just ask for
>clarification.
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