govmule84 wrote on 01/30/08 at 05:58:42:....... the nice Smokey at the DMV thinks I need front and rear fenders, a horizontal mount license plate, a plate light, a muffler, and a chain guard. ....
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2005/pub/Chap246.htmSec. 14-104. Fenders and other wheel protectors. (a) No person shall operate on any public highway any motor vehicle with a passenger or commercial registration which is not equipped with fenders on all wheels which come into contact with the highway unless the body of the vehicle or attachments thereto afford adequate protection to effectively minimize the spray or splash of water or mud to the rear of the vehicle.
Sec. 14-96c. Tail lamps. Illumination of rear registration plate....
(c) The rear registration plate shall be so illumined with a white light as to render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear.
Sec. 14-80. Mechanical equipment. (a) Each motor vehicle and the devices on such vehicle shall be operated, equipped, constructed and adjusted to prevent unnecessary or unusual noise.
(b) Each motor vehicle operated by an internal combustion engine shall be equipped, except as hereinafter provided, with a muffler or mufflers designed to prevent excessive, unusual or unnecessary exhaust noise. The muffler or mufflers shall be maintained by the owner in good working order and shall be in use whenever the motor vehicle is operated.
Can't find anyrequirement for the plate to be horizonal or for a chain guard. Ask him for the vehicle code.