[DeTomaso] DMV registration question for fellow Kalifornians.

[Thomas Tornblom]

 From http://dmv.ca.gov/vr/smogfaq.htm

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Does my vehicle qualify for a smog exemption?

Smog inspections are required unless your vehicle is:

     * Hybrid
     * Gasoline powered 1975 year model or older
     * Diesel powered manufactured prior to 1998 or with a Gross Vehicle 
Weight rating (GVWR) of more than 14,000 lbs
     * Electric
     * Natural gas powered with a GVWR rating of more than 14,000 lbs.
     * Motorcycle
     * Trailer
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No idea if you can legally alter the smog equipment, or if it is just 
the inspections you're exempt from.

And why does DMV have a Chinese car (Volvo) at the top of the page?

2011-04-28 19:29, MACHWIL at aol.com skrev:
> Hi Peter,
>
> I think you are in California. If that is correct your Vega was smog exempt
>   at the time the ticket was issued. That smog law changed years ago and I
> believe  it extends down to cars built before Dec. 31, 1975. I know my '73
> Pantera is  exempt.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Bud Williams
> 6556
>
>
> In a message dated 4/27/2011 10:40:11 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net writes:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I took my 72 Vega out for a drive a couple of  Sundays ago. Not too much of
> this
> car is still 72 Vega and it's primarily  used for charity events, car shows
> and
> every few years a trip to the  drags. Although it hasn't been my daily
> driver for
> about 20 years, it  has been registered and insured. A motorcycle officer
> in a
> speed trap  I was well aware of (but not that day evidently) pulled me over
> and
> issue  a ticket. He radio'd another officer who had been through the 'smog
> course' who asked that I open the hood. The educated officer said as  a 72
> it
> only needed the pcv valve and with a closed system and not  the breather
> cap on
> the valve cover but recommended against the citation  for it. He didn't
> notice
> the PCV valve on the other valve cover. The  'uneducated' officer ignored
> his
> recommendation and cited me for the smog  violation sending me to a
> referee.
>
>
> I went to the referee  today who seemed not to know what to do with a 72.
> He made
> a phone  call to a manager and came back with change the manifold, carb,
> headers,
> gas tank, add a smog pump, thermostatic air filter housing and put it  on
> the
> dyno. Huh??? I declined the inspection but they took pictures of  the car
> and sent them to Sac. I assume this is so they can reconcile  my data with
> the
> street racers they have on video.
>
> So...options?  What are the requirements and benefits for a historical
> vehicle?
> Is  there a reasonably inexpensive way to fight the citation? Proof of
> correction
> would be $8.25. Not correcting it and just paying it would be just under
> $500
> but would also leave me open to the 'habitual' violator status in the
> future.
> Hmmmm
>
> I could pay the fine and pull the plates saving  insurance and registration
> costs
> in the future and just trailer the car to  the events but I would likely
> just not
> participate in the events.
>
>
> There must be a better way and I'm sure someone in this group  knows it.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Peter Kovacs
> 209 345-6708
> 209 436-2000  fx
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