On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 08:43:48PM -0800, Carl Dershem wrote: > Noel Stoutenburg wrote: > > >> Actually the '68 bug is probably illegal because it does not and can > >> not meet current emission standards. Yugo, anyone? > > > > But my understanding is that under U.S. law, vehicles need only meet the > > emission standards in place in the year in which they were built, so > > that a 68 Beetle is still legal to drive, without any added controls. > > Not here in California. Cars over a certain age, if properly > maintained, can have "grandfather clauses" applied to them, but in > general, modern emissions standards must be applied. So a 1927 > Duesenberg (drool!) would be OK as-is, but a 1965 VW Bug would not pass.
Actually, it's somewhere in the middle. To quote the DMV: "Currently, smog inspections are required for all vehicles except diesel powered vehicles, electric, natural gas powered vehicles over 14,000 lbs, hybrids, motorcycles, trailers, or vehicles 1975 and older." Therefore, a 1965 VW Bug would be okay, but a 1976 VW bug would have to pass a smog test. --Lynn _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
