Another beautiful Arizona evening, was enjoying a walk around the neighborhood with the family and I got chilly in my shorts and sandals.

 

Hello AZ FTE'rs! Just poppin in to say hey! Toasted the tranny in my truck finally after 185K......$3600 rebuild will be done soon!

 

Hey Travis! nice to hear from you....

Good Morning Everybody!

 

AZ!!

thank you craig for the congrats.


I hope everyone has a great day today. Has anyone in AZ bought any new Fords lately? Might go look at a 69 camper special today.


I have a questions: If the truck is registered as a historic vehicle, does that mean I have to still go thru emissions with it?

Thanks again

Matt

 

Good Morning Arizona!

 

If it's a 1966 or older, no. If it's 1967 to 1986, yes, although I think there's an exception for post-1966 vehicles with historic plates if you only have collectors insurance on it (like Haggarty), but if you do that, you're not supposed to use the vehicle as a daily driver, so it's self-defeating.

I'm pretty sure the above is still current for PHX and Tucson metro areas, but you might want to check with ADOT to confirm.


Joe

 

that sucks nuts I guess there isn't a way around stupid gov regulations on emissions.

Thank you Joe for the quick response.

Matt

 

Evening all... Got some more parts for the 292 in the slick washed and stripped tonight. While I am glad to be progressing, I am shocked to hear it may hit 100 this week! Oh well.

Jim

 

hey i guys.... i let my sister take my 89 flatbed and she burned out my starter.... i dont have the cash to buy a new starter anyone have any leads on a 7.3L idi starter its for the 5 speed

 

Good Morning Arizona. Hope everyone has a fantastic hump day!

 

Good Morning Arizona!

Happy Hump Day!

 

morn az

its a good day!

Dad has finished his Chemotherapy and radiation treatments...now he has time for his body to recover before surgery in June...

 

Good Morning Steve!

Good Morning Justin!

Have a great day.

 

AZ!

AZbluewolf: I am glad to hear your old man finished his chemo. That is hard for people to go through. I will pray for your family!


Does anyone know anything about getting YOM plates? From what i have read, it seems like a hassle, and there is no guarentee that the old plate you bring to the dmv, isn't already is use.

Anyone have any luck with these? Do you have to have collectors insurance to beable to have these?

Thanks again

Matt

 

Arizona calls them "Model Year Date Plates" and "Antique License Plates" instead of "Year of Manufacture" or YOM. You don't have to have collector's insurance, but the vehicle you want to use them on must be officially listed as a classic car or historic vehicle. At least, that's how the law was when they first allowed model year date plates a few years ago. I'm pretty sure they've made some changes since then, so you really need to check with ADOT for the current rules.

The primary trouble is that unless the plates are pretty old--like pre-1959 Arizona plates--there's always a chance the alpha-numeric sequence on the plate(s) you want to use is still in use on another set of plates. You can't conflict with another currently-registered plate with the same alpha-numeric sequence, even if it's a different year and color.

The easier option is to get Arizona "Classic Car" plates, but I'm guessing that '70s/'80s Ford pickups (which what I assume you're asking about) aren't on the approved list for classic car plates unless they've really loosened up the rules since the last time I did one.

Personally, I think it's a waste of effort and money unless the vehicle is truly old (like '60s or older) and you're going to show or display it. That, from someone who has a couple of vehicles with historic vehicle plates and a couple of others with model year date/YOM plates (only because I have the original plates issued to the vehicles).

Joe