[Ian K]

Originally Posted by Rich_A

John,
If you can get the "Country of California" to recognize the United States EPA's stand on kit cars maybe you will have a chance to emission your kit to what ever year you want.

Read this -> Kit Car Policy | Importing Vehicles and Engines | US EPA

HTH

Reading that, I am more than satisfied with CA's SB100. From what I can tell, the EPA
rules state you need to register a kit using a rebuilt used engine, transaxle and diff,
and meet the smog requirements for that year. The engine block and cylinder heads
must be rebuilt used items from the same year, and the transaxle needs to match the
config originally mated to the engine used. So, if you want to build an RCR SLC with
a 1965 engine block and heads to be smog exempt, more power to you. No way you
cxan have a 6 speed tranny either, and very likely you can toss a 5 speed out the
window as well. The N/V ratio deal seems pretty bad as well.

Ian