I'm sure that if any of you are on any classic car mailing lists, you've probably recieved an email claiming that there's a California Senate Bill (708) that is supposed to repeal the roll over smog exemption.
In California, starting this year, there's a 30 year roll over exemption. if your car is more than 30 years old, it becomes automatically smog exempt. Also, any car manufactured prior to 1974 is also smog exempt, under a separate section of the Health and Safety code (44011.3c).
This bill seeks to do two things; change the 30 year roll-over exemption from 30 years to 45 years, and it also seeks to remove the pre-1974 exemption.
Personally, I don't car about too many cars that were made after 1974 anyways; who cares if your Chevette is smog exempt? And besides...didn't the car come with smog equipment in the first place? Can't say that about the older cars...
Anyways, SEMA and others are attempting an email campaign that says that any car manufactured from 1955 on up is going to have to have smog equipment according to this bill. That's not true. Any car manufactured prior to 1960 will still be smog exempt. Unfortunately, all of the cool street rods that alot of us grew up with would be subject to smog inspections. And, according to my sources, there's no grandfathering; if your car falls inside the limit, it has to have all of the smog equipment that came on the car. And you'll have to pay money until it does pass smog.
Just letting you all know. My thoughts are that taking the smog exemption roll over away is fine...but don't undo the part of the law that exempts pre-1974 vehicles.
Write your state senator and assemblyman.
Your Legislature
Information on the bill is at: Senate Bill 708
Your pal,
Meat.
In California, starting this year, there's a 30 year roll over exemption. if your car is more than 30 years old, it becomes automatically smog exempt. Also, any car manufactured prior to 1974 is also smog exempt, under a separate section of the Health and Safety code (44011.3c).
This bill seeks to do two things; change the 30 year roll-over exemption from 30 years to 45 years, and it also seeks to remove the pre-1974 exemption.
Personally, I don't car about too many cars that were made after 1974 anyways; who cares if your Chevette is smog exempt? And besides...didn't the car come with smog equipment in the first place? Can't say that about the older cars...
Anyways, SEMA and others are attempting an email campaign that says that any car manufactured from 1955 on up is going to have to have smog equipment according to this bill. That's not true. Any car manufactured prior to 1960 will still be smog exempt. Unfortunately, all of the cool street rods that alot of us grew up with would be subject to smog inspections. And, according to my sources, there's no grandfathering; if your car falls inside the limit, it has to have all of the smog equipment that came on the car. And you'll have to pay money until it does pass smog.
Just letting you all know. My thoughts are that taking the smog exemption roll over away is fine...but don't undo the part of the law that exempts pre-1974 vehicles.
Write your state senator and assemblyman.
Your Legislature
Information on the bill is at: Senate Bill 708
Your pal,
Meat.
