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    Greeting Tim! Quick question about registering/titling a Defender in Virginia I was hoping you could provide some insight on. I'm looking at buying a 1989 LHD Defender with a gas V8 Engine. It was recently imported to Florida and has been restored/refurbished pretty well. When registering it in Virginia, what is your experience like trying to pass the VA Safety Inspection?

    I know that if you want the exemption then you have to register it as antique. But I don't want the antique restrictions on it. The way I read it, for the emissions you're automatically exempted. You don't even need to do the antique registration.

    The two things that concern me are...
    17. – INSPECT AIR POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEM OF 1973 AND SUBSEQUENT MODELS FOR:

    Installation.
    No parts removed, disconnected or rendered inoperable.
    (NOTE: This includes the catalytic converter and the fuel tank filler pipe.)

    And...
    20. – INSPECT AIR BAG AND AIRBAG READINESS LIGHT FOR:

    Any defects in the air bag system noted by the air bag readiness light, or otherwise indicated; or
    The air bag has been deployed and has not been replaced (and is not deactivated because of a medical or other exemption and a notice is posted to indicate that it has been deactivated); or
    Any part of the air bag system has been removed from the vehicle; or
    If the air bag indicator fails to light or stays on continuously.

    I wonder if you're somehow exempted from those because it is 25 years old?

    Are antique vehicles exempt from inspection and what are the restrictions?


    More from the VA State Police Website...
    For a vehicle to be defined as "antique," it must be 25 years old or older. If the vehicle is registered as an antique through the Department of Motor Vehicles, it is exempt from state inspection.

    Restrictions: Antique motor vehicles shall not be used for general transportation purposes, including, but not limited to, daily travel to and from the owner’s place of employment. Such vehicle may be operated on the highway for participation in club activities, exhibits, tours, parades, and similar events or for the purpose of testing their operation, obtaining repairs or maintenance, transportation to and from the events earlier described, and for occasional pleasure drives, not to exceed 250 miles from the residence of the owner.

    Thanks in advance for your help!
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