For now. It's just a matter of time until the
smog/emissions gestopo move into your area. They are
speading. CA even has random tests on their roads.
They see an older or modified car, stop it, and smog
test it right there. If you fail, you're in trouble.
They even stop and test cars from out of the area.
Have to go through some parts of CA state? Wouldn't do
it in one of our cars.
Hell, remeber back in the 90's when the CA politicans
created some bill which allowed tax deductions if you
destroy an old smog car from CA's hate list (basically
a list of ALL the cars and engines we love, including
the 440 models....). The bill also allowed for
companies to get less restrictions on their pollution
outputs if they destroyed cars which were said to
cause pollution. Result? Big CA industry started
buying up all the junk yards with older cars in them
(and since this is CA, these were all RUST free cars
which would have been great for getting parts for our
Imperials), crushed them, got tax breaks AND the
ability to pollute more. Somewhere I've got a few
Mopar magazines which talk about the thousands of
Mopar classics alone destroyed through this!!
--- Greg and Russell <65luxuryliner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Just read this post and you're darned right it
> should be defeated. I used
> to gripe about living in Alabama where we don't even
> have annual vehicle
> inspections. Now I think I'll just shut up and
> thank God I can drive my
> cars without worrying about an Alabama version of
> Senate Bill 708. Life is
> good here, smog and all!
>
> Greg in Mobile, AL
> (I doubt any of my collector cars would pass
> inspection in CA)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "john m brauninger" <flightsweep@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 8:31 PM
> Subject: IML: Fw: CA Senate Bill 708 needs to be
> defeated
>
>
> > FYI....This was forwarded to me from another list.
> Just another ray of
> > sunshine (along with the proposed hike in DMV
> fees) beaming out of
> > Sacramento. Info and links are provided below so
> those of you in CA can
> > contact your Senator and Assembly Rep. to voice
> your opinion.
> >
> > John B.
> >
>
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> > -----------------------------------
> >
> > Hi Guys
> > The California senate is at it again!!
> > California Senate Bill 708 will repeal the
> > 1973-and-earlier smog exemption, require biennial
> smog
> > exemptions for all 1955-and-up cars and require
> EGR
> > equipment to be retrofitted to all 1972 and
> earlier
> > cars. For many 1972 and earlier cars, this means
> they
> > will not be eligible for registration at all,
> since
> > EGR systems will not function properly with their
> > original design. Clearly, this is another attempt
> by
> > the California legislature to take pre-smog-era
> cars
> > off the road.
> >
> > The proof is right here, on their own website:
> >
> >
>
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0701-0750/sb_708_bill_20030221_
> > introduced.html
> >
> > Please call or Email your California state Senator
> and
> > Assemblyperson. This is a matter of urgency, since
> > they're trying to push through this legislation
> while
> > no one is paying attention.
> >
> > Go to this link:
> >
> > http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/memberinfo
> >
> > to find your assembly members and email them.
> > Thank you.
> >
> > The bill is currently waiting for assignment by
> the Rules committee. I
> > recommend contacting committee chairman John
> Burton and urging him to
> > leave
> > the bill unassigned. There's a feedback form on
> his website:
> >
> > http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/senator/burton/
> >
> > I just downloaded a copy of the bill. The bill
> removes the exemption for
> > any car built before 1974. It also changes the
> exemption from 30 years to
> > 45 years beginning in 2005. So starting in 2005
> your car would have to be
> > built in 1960 or before to be exempt. It just
> pushes the clock back
> > again.
> > This is the third or fourth time they have done
> this.
> >
> > I don't understand why they continue to pick on
> this small group of car
> > owners. Probably because there aren't many of
> them, they don't have much
> > political power and Senator Florez can make some
> easy points with the
> > environmentalists.
> >
> > Please contact all your friends and family and
> write to your Senator and
> > Representative to kill this bill.
> >
> >
>
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