Well, see...it's been two years since I checked anyway, but good to know.
Damn they've cracked down on the mobile smog tests!
BTW: When I was going through the BAR-90 test in late '89, we put another
classmates '69 Camaro (383 w/B&M 6-71) on the sniffer and it passed with
flying colors. Visually, it failed. (Go figure...but the rules have
changed since then.)
- Bernd
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Parthemer" <rtdkota@yahoo.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Duster - SAM
> Huh???
>
> If the vehicle is '73 and older (not sure on the '74
> stuff-- haven't checked for '2000) you are exempted
> from the biannual smog inspection. ALSO, you are not
> required to have the vehicle smogged upon ownership
> transfer. I know this, as I sold my '69 CJ5 jeep last
> year (and it was missing the smog pump, injector
> tubing, etc.) No smog certification was needed on my
> '72 Dart I purchased last year either.
>
> With my '72 Dart I could drop in a HEMI and have no
> problem getting it registered. There wasn't a HEMI
> dart in '72 either.
>
> Now the new thing that has come about, and might cause
> some issues (and has ruffled some feathers in our
> mopar club). CARB (Califoria Air Research Board) now
> has this little mobile smog stations that they set up
> around town on short notice. Basically, you'd drive
> up a street.. see some cones, a CHP officer standing
> there with a SLOW or STOP sign, and if you got the
> STOP sign, he'd motion you to pull into the cone lane
> on the right... and proceed to the rollers. They'd
> dyno your vehicle right there (for smog, not HP &
> torque readings!)... I got stopped, and I simply
> pulled up (in my wife's 4x4) and told them it wouldn't
> work, 'cause I have full time 4wd (I do, but in the
> '99 I COULD go into 2 HI)... so I was told to pull on
> through. Some people from the mopar club found this:
> If you had, say a '65 Polara, or a '57 Cheby, or some
> other possible Hot-Rod.. and had a B&M or Weiland
> Blower sticking out the hood.. you too could be
> stopped for smog (even though you are excempt from
> binannual inspections). You'd have to pass the smog
> sniffer within levels set up for your make/model/year
> vehicle (no matter WHAT year). If you failed, you'd
> be tagged a gross polluter, and have to correct the
> situation, PLUS then get inspected EVERY year prior to
> renewing your tags each year. Forever.
>
> A couple of people have spoken to the guys giving the
> tests, and were told the main reason this is being
> done is to catch the import cars/trucks that are
> running around without ANY smog equipment (new
> vehicles-- aka coffee can exhaust guys). I think the
> idea is great, to catch those people, but do not like
> the idea of checking exempted vehicles.
>
> Sam '00 RT
>
>
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