Got my Virginia VIN & Title today

[DamnYankee]

Been 3 years and 3 women, but it was worth it!
Will get my plates from DMV on Friday. Of course the weather this week is COLD, but I'll have to drive it.
To paint shop in February.
Cheers, Ron..
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[seagull81]

Nice ride. I don't see any snow in the picture. Bundle up and haul a$$.

[DamnYankee]

Actually snowed last night. lol

[ksamson]

Hello. Nice ride. I have the same rims as you. Initially I ordered the rims without rivets but they sent the ones with rivets. They grew on me. How do you like that style rim? I will install my engine Mar 15, go cart on 17th - 25th. Body on 1 apr, drive in neighborhood till 7 apr. register 15 apr, haul a$$ on 16 apr. can you give me details on your car and last minute advice?

[DamnYankee]

I really like the rims. In fact I'm planning to do my stripe in the same Anthracite color as the rims (as of now anyway).
Has a 347 with PowerJection 3, 3-link rear, Cobra seats. Body is at Whitby's for paint now.

[ksamson]

Cool. Thanks for the reply. I am considering Whitbys as well, just have to brace myself for the bill:). I am going with the Summitt paint scheme.

[fubar94]

Nice job, any advice on getting your car registered with the VA DMV?

[DamnYankee]

Happy to say the process was pretty painless:
I put together a package of papers that included:
1. DMV form VSA-22 (application for assigned VIN)
2. DMV form VSA-17A (application for title).
3. The MSO from Factory Five.
4. Receipts for the Kit, engine, transmission, rear, wheels, tires.
5. Spreadsheet printout that showed the above costs and 3% for sales tax.
6. Check for the sales tax + $140 fees.
7. Copies of the FFR Kit inventory sheets.
8. Pictures of completed car (printed 1 sheet from computer that contained 4 different views).
9. A notarized statement I wrote detailing how I built the car. I showed dates and work done. I had to do this twice as the
first version didn't have enough detail. Second version had more detail such as attached suspension by doing this, installed
brakes like this. Bolted this to that, etc.

I went to the Richmond main DMV building on Jan 7th. Do not go to the information line, go to the guard and ask for someone
in the Salvage/Vehicle Branding dept.
A nice lady named Rene came down and looked through all my papers. She told me to rewrite the notarized statement to show
more detail, get it notarized again, then mail everything back to her. I also showed her the FFR supplied VIN plate
and she said they didn't need that.
I mailed it that day and got a receipt from the post office that it was delivered Jan 8th.

Note that no bodywork has been done. Doors, trunk, & hood all latch fine but are oversize and don't fit well. No interior.

On Jan 22 I got a call from the DMV inspector and he came to my house the next morning at 8am. He only spent a few minutes checking
that the serial number stamped on the chassis matched the number on the new title, which it did. He then handed me the title
which showed 1965 Factory Five Roadster, Replica 2013. The VIN number is the same as on the FFR MSO.
Now I can go get the plates and inspection.

There was one problem I brought up with the inspector- DMV didn't give him the VIN plate to install. He called the office to inquire about
it but the person he needed wasn't in yet. He did call me late in the afternoon and was told that I should use the FFR VIN plate and that
DMV was sending me a refund for the money I paid for their VIN plate. So I guess I will take the FFR VIN plate to an engraver and have
the VIN engraved on it, even though it shows the same number as the "serial number".

The inspector didn't want to hear it run or anything. He was a nice guy, said he enjoyed doing this type work and seeing the cars.