-> -=> Quoting Tom Walker to Mike Jones <=-
->
-> -> i heard Quentin Kopp (actually a supporter of smog II) is trying t
-> -> pass a law EXEMPTING all cars, by 1998, that are over 25 years old
-> -> i believe there is a good chance it will pass, because by that tim
-> -> a car either is 1) not driven a whole lot, and.or 2) it is taken
-> -> well care of and will pass on later levels. If the law is enacted
-> -> 1998 it will immediately exempt any car built from 1966 to 1972
->
-> TW> I don't think that has any chance at all. The Stats are totally
-> TW> against it. That represents part of the Biggest single group of c
-> TW> contributing to Major Auto pollution of the air, those manufactur
-> TW> before the Three Way Cat was mandated. It is a sticky problem.
->
-> Here in the state of Oregon any car made BEFORE 1975 is exempt and
-> does not have to go through the emissions testing stations. It used
-> to be that any car 20 years old or older didn't have to be tested
-> but well... we all know how well 1975/6/7 cars that have never had
-> their engines rebuilt are running these days.
  We had the 20 year countdown clock many years ago here in CAlifornia. But 
the State stopped it when it came to allowing the 1966 cars, The First here 
requiring Smog Air Pumps. So All 1966 and Later ARE fully covered by the SMOG 
program fir Bi-Annual Inspections. Of course ALL cars require testing upon 
Registered Owner transfer. Another interesting loophole they closed was on 
Engine Swaps. I have a 1972 VW Van with a 1965 Corvair engine caught in 
Limbo, I let the registration expire and it is no longer registerable. It was 
the Engine only that needed the Smog Inspection. So it came popular to fine a 
wrecking yard engine from one of the "Super Cars", or some year before 1966 
where it could be Highly Modified, and put it in the car. Now the rules are 
Different. The SMOG certification must meet the Latest requirements of either 
the Engine or Chassis year of manfacturer.
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