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Meanwhile, you might be interested to know that annual registration fees for daily drivers in some states are based as a percentage of their value. In some states, vehicle values are determined by the state, NOT the market or the owner/buyer.
That's the way it is here, too. They go off of the original purchase price that YOU bought it for, and figure in depreciation. (at their own level, I would presume.)
There is no safety inspection in Kansas as far as I'm aware of, and to some people it's a good thing, others it's not. The antique laws here are mainly for farmers, IMHO, as a LOT of farmers use trucks at least 35 years old and older. The only time you see a newer farm truck (meaning a 2 ton wheat truck, etc) is when you get one of the big custom cutter types that do nothing but drive around the state cutting your crops for you. Then, you might see a 1980 or newer truck.
When I first got into old cars when I was in high school back in the mid '90s, the law was at that time any vehicle 35 years or older can get an antique tag without any inspection whatsoever. About 1999 or so, they changed it to any vehicle 1950 or newer needs to be "inspected", but all they inspect is that the vehicle number matches what you have on your bill of sale, and they put that number in the 'puter to see if it's been stolen. What was happening was a lot of people had older cars on their property that were being stolen, then people would get a buddy to fill out a bill of sale, and they now have a car that's legally theirs. Apparently muscle cars were the main focus of this, and the new law effectively stopped that to an extent. (There's still ways around it, but I won't go into detail here) When I had to get my '56 Pat registered, all it took was a bill of sale, 20 minutes at the local Highway Patrol office, then back to the courthouse to show them my bill of sale and the paperwork the HP officer gave me, and I got a new antique tag and was on my way. When I did the '48, it was pretty much the same thing, except no HP officer was involved. As far as I know, the car could have been stolen, I bought it, and I still got a title for it. My '48 is missing the ID tag on the top part of the firewall, so I registered it with the anti-theft number figuring that there's no way that someone can remove it easily. If I would have known what I know now, when I wrecked my original '48, I would have taken the ID tag off of it when it was crushed, and kept it and the title, put the tag on the new one, and wouldn't have had to do a thing except pay the back taxes on it. Not exactly legal, but one would have been the wiser. This is the kind of thing that caused the 1950 and newer law in the first place, as a LOT of cars used screw on ID tags, and it's a simple matter to move said tag to a new car, hence my using the anti-theft number.
BTW, no pics are needed for any car regardless of age in Kansas. If I wanted to, I can go down to the DMV with a bill of sale and proof of insurance on my Speedster as it sits right now, and get it legal to drive on the road, even though it's just a chassis, cowl, and a junk engine. I figure there's no need to start paying insurance on a car that I can't drive yet, so I haven't done it. After hearing all you guy's horror stories on getting a car legal to drive, I'm glad I live here.
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