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

["Bob Jasinski" <rpjasin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

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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)

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From: Chrysler300@ <mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com
[mailto:Chrysler300@ <mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com]
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...

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<http://www.semasan.com/main/main.aspx?id=62398>
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C-300'ly,
Rich Barber
Brentwood, CA

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