RE: [Chrysler300] any California cars owners ot there?

[<john_nowosacki@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My 61 Coupe had the fitting on the balance tube and a PCV in the passenger side valve cover instead of the road draft tube, and so does my current G convertible.  I'm pretty sure neither of the cars were ever California cars, so either previous owners were talked into the retrofit by a dealer, or they just had it done so they wouldn't have to smell the blow by at traffic lights and stop signs ;-)

 

You can tell it is a factory correct balance tube, not some mickey mouse hack job, so I can't say if it was that way from the factory, but I am glad it is there just the same.

 

Is there anything on a build sheet that would say whether or not the car had a PCV originally installed?

 

John

 

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From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wayne Graefen
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:47 AM
To: Intl 300
Subject: [Chrysler300] any California cars owners ot there?

 

As an ex-Californian, my memory is that 1961 was the first year the state mandated smog equipment and that began with the simple PCV valve mandatory on new cars. For the Chrysler 300 ram cars of the day this required a fitting in the crossover balance tube and an appropriate breather on one valve cover and a hose joining them.
What happened then was that at various points in time, just like still today, California would write innumerable variations of the "smog laws" as to what equipment was required and what it was applicable to. It quickly became so confusing that the average mechanic shop had no idea what was /not legal so instead took advantage of the even less well informed car owners and told tens of thousands of car owners that they needed to retrofit multiple equipment items on to their older car. Most of the time those older cars were exempt. Dual carbureted cars from Hudson Hornets with twin single barrels to our (prior to '61) Letter Cars with dual quads were ALWAYS exempt but a high percentage of them got 'sold' smog equipment, usually PCV installs.
The PCV adapter plate shown in that auction would have been suitable to any quad carb equipped engine with that bolt pattern.

Wayne

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