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September 29, 2004: I called up the State Patrol office today to make an appointment for a VIN inspection.
It seems that they consider a windshield and wipers to be required on a "roadworthy" vehicle in Colorado. I checked with Rocky Mountain Sports Cars (the Denver Caterham dealer) a few months ago and they told me that registering a Caterham Superlight is not a problem, so I didn't anticipate this. So I called RMSC again and talked to them for more details. They register the Superlights either with a deflector or Brookland screens (neither with wipers) and it's just never been a question. So I'll be digging into the Colorado vehicle code to see exactly what it says. Unfortunately the LexisNexis link I had for it has gone away so it's time to dig out a hard copy.

I have to give credit to everyone I talked to. The state troopers were extremely pleasant and helpful and have offered to let me drop by and dig through their "blue book" to determine exactly what is needed. Nathan at RMSC was also willing to spend time answering my questions even though he knew that it had nothing to do with a Catherham. He even asked me to follow up with him so he learns more about it!

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