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Hoop , good to see you are still around , been a long time since you posted anything.

They were made before the FMVSS existed.

Yeah , I seen it and it is starting to look like it would be better if they would have just kept scraping HMMWV's.

I was refering to all those sweet OFF-ROAD ONLY HMMWV's that are being sold in the secondary market with ON-ROAD titles that won't be registered.

And prices of them are most likely going to decrease greatly.

Lack of a simple FMVSS sticker and emissions .

A 17 digit VIN will probably make it easier for them to identify , part of the VIN are identifier numbers for various things on the vehicle such as model, motor, transmission ect. A good example is the CUCV 17 digit VIN. On the CUCV's there is a "D" in the VIN that will show in the...

Personally I think the "the verify your story" is extreme , but these type of things are usually bought on by abuse of the current rules. If you want to use a vehicle for daily driving or commercial purposes buy the right plates .

Or with the internet it was added by someone who spends time on classic cars sites and has read enough " my car (or whatever you drive) is on display every time I drive it" posts. You even see that line of thinking on motorcyle sites because they want cheap insurance .

It's worth a try but I don't think the one time $50 fee will go very far except as historic. [§ 46.2-730.1. License plates for military surplus motor vehicles; fee; penalty. A. On receipt of an application and evidence that the applicant owns or has regular use of another passenger car...

Or some lobbyist paid SEMASAN to support it.

The one in Hawaii looks like it could be worse. The people in these states need to get organized and involved like was done in Georgia (in near record time) a few years ago that started with the M939 series trucks or accept what they get. There is a lot of information on how to get things done...

I'm just saying look at the number of closed threads on people wanting to register HMMWV's that were sold as "OFF ROAD ONLY" . Was yours sold as "OFF ROAD ONLY' before it was titled in Utah ? Did it have a EUC also? Just because you didn't sign the EUC doesn't mean you can export it. Kind of...

That's what happens when people spend more time trying to get around the rules , than getting involved with changing them.

This was posted last night. https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?176588-Virginia-Bill-to-Title-Military-Surplus-OffRoad-Vehicles-Passes-House-Moves-to-Senate