CA law requires a junkyard to drain all fluids and puncture the pans etc. so
that they cannot be reused. The AC would have been dumped by a licensed AC
Freon recovery service. There was a bill in the legislature that would
have also required that the engine be permanently disabled, either by
physically destroying some part of it, or by dumping sand into a running
engine. I don't know if that ever became law; if it did, it was to apply
to any car turned in for smog credits - which program gave the car's owner
$700 or so for doing this to a car. The car had to be a certain age or
older; the 73 would certainly have qualified, and that may be what happened
to this car. California is really tough on old cars - and many other
states will probably follow that lead sooner or later. If the tags were out
of date by two years, the penalties could well have been approaching $1000
to register the car again in CA. I bought an 82 Imperial from an IML member
two years ago and discovered that there was over $2500 in penalties due
because of his letting the plates expire for 3 years. Needless to say, I
never registered that one!
Dick Benjamin
67,68,81,82 (7 total)
64 NY'r T&C
Some other old junk too
----- Original Message -----
From: <WILKER1000@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 9:12 PM
Subject: IML: Another one bites the dust?
> Went with my Father last week to look ata 73 LeBaron 4 dr in Modesto. It
was
> a nice original car, although a bit worn. It had 60K miles on the clock.
The
> Black leather interior had the seems coming unsewen, but the body was
> perfectly straight, with minor rust under the back window. Here's the rub.
> The tags were out of date by about 2 years, and it was parked on the
street.
> It started right up and ran well, but Father didn't want to pay the $1000
> they wanted for it, so we passed. Today, Dad got a phone call from the
owner.
> The car had been towed to a local pick and pull. When they went to
retrieve
> it, they found that the yard had discharged the AC, punched holes in every
> tank and pan, and in general just ruined the car. Is anyone familiar with
CA
> law? I have been out of state for the last 20 years, serving in the AF.
Thank
> you.
>
>
> David C. Wilker
> Jr. USAF (RET)
>
>
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