Wednesday the tour visits Classic Automobilia in Youngstown and Fred Warren's incredible collection of street rods, which includes the Smoothster and ShockWave, the winner of the 50th Grand National Roadster Show in 1999. It is then on across Pennsylvania and into New York to Corning in the Finger Lakes Region. Thursday morning The Jones Group Tour visits the famous Watkins Glen International race course where those who choose to can take some laps around the course. From there it is on to the huge Syracuse Nationals where the weekend will be spent cruising the New York State Fairgrounds with over 6,000 special interest vehicle.
It will be a wild week on the Jones Group/Merrill Lynch Tour. If you would like to join the fun go to www.streetrodderweb.com to download a registration form or call the Road Tour Hotline for all the latest details.
Street Rod Registration & Titling News
Massachusetts has reintroduced SEMA-model legislation to create a vehicle registration classification for street rods and custom vehicles. The bill defines a street rod as an altered vehicle manufactured before 1949 and a custom as an altered vehicle at least 25 years old and manufactured after 1948. The bill allows kit cars and replica vehicles to be assigned a certificate of title bearing the same model-year designation as the production vehicles they most closely resemble. Late last year, a similar measure was vetoed by Governor Deval Patrick. The SAN will work to uncover and mitigate any concerns raised by the governor and his administration so that the bill can be signed into law this year.
Similarly, Texas is using SEMA-model legislation to create new vehicle registration and titling classifications for street rods and custom vehicles and provide for special license plates for these vehicles is being considered by the House Transportation Committee, as well. Like Massachusetts, the bill defines a street rod as an altered vehicle manufactured before 1949 and a custom as an altered vehicle at least 25 years old and manufactured after 1948. The measure also allows kit cars and replica vehicles to be assigned a certificate of title bearing the same model-year designation as the production vehicle they most closely resemble.