I see your problem. In California, they will allow you return that
vehicle on the road. However, once title has been surrendered, they
will reissue as a reconstructed vehicle (salvage). In some cases, they
may require you to comply with emissions inspection regulations for
the year the vehicle is returned to service. Exception is if the
engine is unchanged.

How you eventually title this vehicle will depend a lot of which State
the vehicle is coming from and where you eventually get title.

BenT

On Jun 30, 2010, at 4:16 PM, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:

> even more interestingly,
> the current owner went through these issues when he planned to bring
> the bus back to life.
> He called his local DMV and they said that they would simply issue
> him a new title as a 2010 vehicle! He was very clear on that....
> it would not be titled as a 1987 but as a 2010. That's far too
> shady....
> i'm planning to do the work myself and get it titled accordingly.
>
> -Craig