Re: [Chrysler300] California proposes to smog test pre '76 vehicles

["Dave Schwandt" <finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

  "It can be
quite challenging being an old car enthusiast in California"


Try being a trucker and having to go to CA!!

No thanks!!

Dave Schwandt



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Jasinski" <rpjasin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 2:40 PM
Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] California proposes to smog test pre '76 vehicles


> Rich, John and list,
>
> I've owned and have had registered my 300G in California since 1978, and 
> it
> has been exempt the entire time from smog testing of any kind.  When I 
> moved
> to California in it was necessary to install NOX devices on '66 and newer
> cars unless they had multiple carbs.  I remember buying a '67 Plymouth
> Belvedere that had one installed and I subsequently removed it because it
> was no longer required after I bought the car.  I don't remember exactly
> what it did, but it connected to the distributor advance and the PCV 
> device
> if I remember right.
>
> Once they started doing mandatory smog tests, cars was inspected to
> determine that none of the factory smog parts were missing or disabled. 
> If
> they were, you had to replace them, no modifications were allowed, and 
> still
> aren't for that matter on post '75 cars.
>
> The years that were exempt changed many times, and now there is talk of
> smogging cars earlier than '76 again.  At one time it was a 25 year 
> rolling
> exemption, then it went to 30 year, now it is '76 and newer.  It can be
> quite challenging being an old car enthusiast in California, you never 
> know
> what they will do next.  I've even heard of Jay Leno personally making 
> calls
> to representatives to head off old car smog legislation.  It's a never
> ending issue, and I don't see it getting any better.
>
> Bob J
>
>  _____
>
> From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of John Mc Adams
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 12:10 PM
> To: 'Rich Barber'; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] California proposes to smog test pre '76 
> vehicles
>
>
>
> Rich and all:
>
> If my memory is not completely lost, I thought that back in those days any
> vehicle with more than one carb was exempt from the smog stuff. That meant
> that all of the letter cars (with dual carbs of any sort) were exempt from
> most of the smog laws.
>
> However, if they are going to now go back to pre-1976 vehicles, they can
> probably impose whatever limits that they want.
>
> Big John Mc Adams
>
> (In sunny SoCal)
>
> _____
>
> From: Chrysler300@ <mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Chrysler300@ <mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com> 
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> On
> Behalf Of Rich Barber
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 9:17 PM
> To: 'Chrysler 300 club'
> Subject: [Chrysler300] California proposes to smog test pre '76 vehicles
>
> California Chrysler 300 owners, please check out this little bit of bad
> news. For whom the bell tolls...
>
> http://www.semasan. <http://www.semasan.
> <http://www.semasan.com/main/main.aspx?id=62398>
> com/main/main.aspx?id=62398>
> com/main/main.aspx?id=62398
>
> C-300'ly,
> Rich Barber
> Brentwood, CA
>
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