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Interpretation ID: nht72-6.33

DATE: 07/13/72

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Richard B. Dyson; NHTSA

TO: Airport Truck Center Inc.

TITLE: FMVSR INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in response to your letter of May 23 to Mr. Schneider regarding incomplete vehicle certification and your responsibility as a truck dealership.

The regulation to which you refer is 49 CFR parts 568, Vehicles Manufactured in Two or More Stages. It applise to incomplete vehicle manufacturers, intermediate manufacturers, and final-stage manufacturers of vehicle manufactured to two or more stages. Truck dealers who perform these manufacturing functions are required to meet these requirements, a copy of which is enclosed for your information. The regulations do not apply to a truck dealer who does not modify completed vehicle received from a manufacturer or distributor.

Other federal motor vehicle safety regulations and standards are (Illegible Word) in Chapter V of Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.