Well, despite the return from paint being two weeks late, things are moving along well. Got the car back yesterday evening. Got a seat back in it so I could drive it but did not have time to install lights, mirrors, under body metal, etc. CHP was fine with that, he said he just wanted to see chassis number, engine number, paperwork and receipts. After about 30 minutes inspecting the engine and chassis, and 30 minutes more doing paperwork, received a blessing using the FFR serial number stamped on the frame as the VIN number. Gave me a few options on where to place the VIN number tag supplied by FFR after I have it engraved with the number. He did say the pipes were to loud when I drove it out of the trailer but didn't mention it again. I'll update again after the brake and lamp inspection and the CARB ref inspection, both this Thursday.