Street Rod and Custom Vehicle Bill Reintroduced in New Jersey

Street Rod and Custom Vehicle Bill Reintroduced in New Jersey
 

DON’T DELAY!  Please contact the New Jersey Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee Immediately to request support for A.B. 152:

You may use the following points in your message:

  • A.B. 152 provides specific registration/titling classes and license plates for street rods and customs.
     
  • A.B. 152 only holds street rods and customs to the equipment standards specified by law during the model year listed on the title of the vehicle.
     
  • A.B. 152 provides that a replica vehicle will be assigned the same model year designation as the production vehicle it most closely resembles.
     
  • A.B. 152 provides that a replica vehicle will be assigned the same model year designation as the production vehicle it most closely resembles.
     
  • A.B. 152 permits street rods and custom vehicles to display blue dot taillights.
     
  • A.B. 152 provides that vehicles titled and registered as street rods and custom vehicles may be used for occasional transportation, exhibitions, club activities, parades, tours, etc. and not for general daily transportation.
     

Overview: A.B. 152, which is a version of SEMA model legislation, would create a vehicle registration classification for street rods and replica custom vehicles and provide for special license plates for these vehicles and was reintroduced in the New Jersey Assembly for 2018.  A.B. 152 defines a street rod as an altered vehicle manufactured before 1948 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 the body of the vehicle most closely resembles.