Re: CA smog question involving NON-OP registration

[VWMikeLVW@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/21/00 8:20:11 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
chris24g@yahoo.com writes:


> I picked up a '76 scirocco that had been registered as a non-operational 
> vehicle since '92. I know that when you bring a non-op car back into 
> service, you have to smog it first to make the DMV happy, but what happens 
> when you bring it in to service AFTER it becomes exempt from smog checks 
> (after 2001, the car will be more than 25 years old). The reason I'm asking 
> is I have the original 1.6L carb motor, but it's not in the car. I'd rather 
> just drop a newer engine in there and not worry about smog referees and 
> such...make sense?
> chrisg


Oh the other hand, what is it you want to drop in there? If it's just a 1.8 
or 2L 8v, I highly doubt the smog people would know the difference.
Mike
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