I wasn't sure where to post this one, but hopefully one of you may have some guidance. A friend of mine here in california has an opportunity to get his ideal dream project car, from his hometown in Ohio. Let's just say its not a mopar, but he's a friend of mine nonetheless. The car is a 1979. It has only 58k original miles and needs only cosmetic work. He'd like to bring it into the state and register it. Can anyone offer up what will be necessary in order to do this, and what kind of time/cost he might be looking at as he'd likely pay someone for the necessary mechanical work. Thanks!
Importing a smog era classic into California
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JayD
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oliver
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It will have to be smogged, do a vin verification, and be registered. Does he have a title? I'm a dealer in CA so i know a few tricks to make it easier for him.
pishta
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If its a Thunderchicken, I believe you only need the appropriate CA smog crap, ie. smog pump, intake air heater hose, EGR, the usual crap and maybe the CA carb jetting and distributor advance profile. I would think it is do-able. Check out the "California 305 Corvette" in the "50 worst cars" for a good emissions crippled car example.
Burntorange70
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If he could find his dream car in a 75 or older model he could skip all that smog BS. Just an FYI.
A68DART360
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Why don't you tell us what kind of car it is so we could tell you the info needed. But regardless of the car the vehicle would have to be verified (usually which means taking the car to DMV for them to look at) like was said earlier which means they are going to check location of VIN# on car and where the vin is located and a few more things to verify with the title. Go to DMV and get the vehicle verifying paperwork and you will see what is needed to be done. Along with all the smog equiptment unless you know someone that verify cars and does smogs. ssshhhhhhhhh whispering. GL
Ok, so the car is a camaro z/28, factory t-tops, leather, 8 track, etc...
A friend of a friend at the DMV tells me that the process has actually gotten easier in recent years (go figure!). He says a pink slip and a valid smog cert will do it. "Impact fees" collected in years past are no more. Also, as long as all the Fed smog equipment is there and working, and the engine is in good tune, it should pass the CA sniffer test and does not need any upgrades to CA spec equipment.
I'm going to advise him to give it a shot.
A friend of a friend at the DMV tells me that the process has actually gotten easier in recent years (go figure!). He says a pink slip and a valid smog cert will do it. "Impact fees" collected in years past are no more. Also, as long as all the Fed smog equipment is there and working, and the engine is in good tune, it should pass the CA sniffer test and does not need any upgrades to CA spec equipment.
I'm going to advise him to give it a shot.
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