[DeTomaso] California Smog question

[richard bosch]

There is a lot of confusion around that law.It originally was a rolling 30 year smog inspection exemption with the first newest year of exemption being 1973.It only rolled for a few years before they changed it to a fixed year(1975) and older.It only exempts you from regular inspections.If an officer wants to, he can issue you a ticket and you must get the car inspected and tested.Lucky for us car types most police officers either do not know that they can issue those tickets or do not care.A lot of officers i have met are  car nuts too!PS,If i remember correctly,Peter Kovacs a PCNC member got a ticket for this in his Pro Street Vega.Lucky for him, the Judge could not believe that a Vega was a show car and still on the road and dismissed the ticket.Peter will have to elaborate or correct me where i am wrong.
Bottom line there is no difference between a 1971 or a 1975 Pantera as far as smog exemption is concerned.