Have y'all seen this?

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2015/06/17/bill-could-launch-new-american-classic-car-industry/

Seems to me this is a good thing.

ah. You fixed it.

Man, that was quick - link didn't post with the first one....

Ya know, if they can do this correctly it would be nice. But the reality of any situation like this is it won't work. Some tard will screw it up and you'll end up with rotary powered mustangs...

Seems like an odd distinction that the car must be visually identical to a car at least 25 years old and that the design must be licenced by the original manufacturer, guessing his way to keep the big three from shutting them down with the politicians they already own.

So I'll take a replica of an '85 CRX with a new K series engine in it. Preferably in the back, driving the rear wheels.

Federal VIN, and for now, it's just on recognized "king classics", so Mustangs, Chevelles, Camaros, etc... but, I think it's the first step in getting guys like FF to the point where there stuff can be federally VIN'd - that makes it easier to register once built.

Right now the big mfg's will "win-win" since they'll own the design and license the bodies (fair, they came up with it), but they'll sell a lot of crate motors and efi systems to go with it.

I see a lot of upside to it, presupposing that we get enough people in to the hobby to make it grow (see my comments on the "new" 240z thread).

What if the original manufacturer no longer exists? How is it determined in a fair and impartial way what constitutes a "visually identical" vehicle? No 34 Ford replica actually looks like an unmodified original 34 Ford.