As for the Excursion, it is truly vast, but the interior seemed too full of
carpeted comfort features, cupholder racks and child-amusement gizmos to get a
Spridget in there. There IS more space behind the third seat then there is in
my wife's Mazda MPV with the seats removed. It's monstrous, huge. Really - it
has a gravitational field strong enough to affect tides.
Now the new Focus, was pretty appalling. more cheap plastic in the interior
than in a rubber-bumper MGB.
Check closely with your state regarding use of antique or collector plates, not
only does it vary by state, some laws are pretty vague, and in the end it's the
way it's enforced that matters. If I remember correctly, Frank mentioned that
in the summer, in parts of Jersey they rotate which club sponsors "cruise
night" each weekend. Which might mean that you can drive your car a lot, but if
they have to go through the trouble, it might mean enforcement is pretty
strict.
Here in Minnesota, enforcement of collector car restrictions is pretty much
nonexistent, it's your insurance company that matters more than the police.
Phil Vanner
On Tuesday, September 14, 1999 10:39 AM, Charles D. Sorkin
[SMTP:cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com] wrote:
> Having read several posts, I am not certain if this was accurate or just
> pure speculation.
>
> Can you fit a Spridget in the new Ford Excursion?
>
>
> On another topic... a relative just took a car for inspection at a NJ
> station, and noted with dismay that the old system of visual checking by the
> attendants is a thing of the past. There is now a computerized regimen,
> partly automated, that takes nearly 20 minutes per car. Does anyone know if
> the inspection is more rigorous, or just longer?
>
> Also, if this is truly going to be a big hurdle for my little smog machine,
> would it be better to simply get QQ (antique) plates? What are the
> restrictions associated with an antique car registration?
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Charles
> '74 Midget
> cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com
> Bloomfield, NJ
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