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Originally Posted by MahindraPlanet
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Ya know, it's always something! I lived in LA in the 80's. Bought a 1958 Corvette and restored it. Had to get it "smogged" in order to register it and so went to the smog station. In 1958 there was no such thing as a PCV valve, they had a "breather tube" which essentially pulled normally occuring blow-by gasses out of the engine by having a tube run under the car in a specific shape which created a low pressure zone when moving and pulled the fumes out. Yes, "not good" by modern standards, but we were talking about a show car (which they knew because I was registering it that way.
Anyway, The Smog folks very nicely explained to me that in order for me to legally drive the thing I had to either retrofit a PCV valve or get a waiver. In order to get a waiver you had to provide evidence that kits to do this were not commercially available by obtaining written response from three sources that they were not available (catalogs or auto parts stores, etc.)
Now, they ALSO told me that they knew the kit no longer exsisted, but that I had to get the paper regardless.
I got the papers and waiver and registered the car, but it cost me close to $100 at the time and a LOT of hassle. It seems that time has not changed the over-zealous crowd @ SoCal AQMD.
-pete <sigh>
04-01-2010, 07:51 AM
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