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The CARB smog referee decided my car should meet requirements from 1965 rather than 1960, even after I pointed out that my vehicle most closely represents a 1960 Seven because Lotus changed from cycle wings to clamshells in 1960-61. He said it didn't matter, because all cars in his jurisdiction must now have a PCV valve, so everything coming through there gets assigned 1965 or later. Not too big of a deal functionally, but it blows my mind how a law is enacted by the state, and then a state official does not follow it.
I wonder what would happen if I had gone in with a car that "does not sufficiently resemble a previously manufactured vehicle"? Because the law specifically states,
"In determining the vehicle model-year, the referee shall
compare the vehicle to vehicles of the era that the vehicle most
closely resembles. The referee shall assign the 1960 model-year to
any specially constructed vehicle that does not sufficiently resemble
a previously manufactured vehicle. The referee shall require only
those emission control systems that are applicable to the established
model-year and that the vehicle reasonably accommodates in its
present form."
It seems to me that if any other year were assigned to such a vehicle, the smog referee would be in violation of the law.
SOURCE: California Health & Safety Code Section 44017.4.(a)(2)
Oh well. :rolleyes:
I wonder what would happen if I had gone in with a car that "does not sufficiently resemble a previously manufactured vehicle"? Because the law specifically states,
"In determining the vehicle model-year, the referee shall
compare the vehicle to vehicles of the era that the vehicle most
closely resembles. The referee shall assign the 1960 model-year to
any specially constructed vehicle that does not sufficiently resemble
a previously manufactured vehicle. The referee shall require only
those emission control systems that are applicable to the established
model-year and that the vehicle reasonably accommodates in its
present form."
It seems to me that if any other year were assigned to such a vehicle, the smog referee would be in violation of the law.
SOURCE: California Health & Safety Code Section 44017.4.(a)(2)
Oh well. :rolleyes:
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