I bought ERA#209 in Virginia in 1993. The vehicle came with an emissions exemption certificate for Virginia. It is titled as a 1989 but the emissions exemption called it a "kitcar built with a 1966 model year engine and is not required to be inspected in the Virginia Emission Inspection Program in order to be registered". This letter was from the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Air Pollution Control. It seems Virginia goes by the engine year for emissions testing. I have a 1966 sideoiler in my ERA. I still own this same car. The question you are asking about a 1966 chassis and a 1989 chassis was the first question I had when I joined Clubcobra. My car is titled as a 1989 and that date can not be changed. The year the chassis is built is the year you are stuck with. My ERA was built and titled in VA. In Pennsylvania my car mechanic says it only has to have the pollution controls that a 1966 engine had to be inspected. Pennsylvania also has an emission exemption for cars that are driven less than 5000 miles.
