[decooney]

I just contacted a source internal at DMV just for grins. As verified with the Dept. Supervisor, as many of you already noted - 5 years ago they did stop allowing the 0000 year model classification which allowed a SPCNS + passing smog cert to get you through registration. The reply above is correct, you can no longer take this route. Bummer!

This is another step in the wrong direction for many car builders becasue now we have folks taking up SPCNS sequence numbers (unnecessarily) with some cars that can actually pass smog based on year engine/specs.

Since I had them on the phone at Headquarters, I made darn sure to point it out some of the language on their website still does NOT accurately reflect internal code/rule books with regard to SPCNS and and smog certifiction by year/make of engine, etc. We went round and round on it and the deciding factor was they had to go to a different source of (different internal book) information on the specific rules/guidelines now in effect by DMV. Hopefully the SB1578 process still works too.

Get a copy of that original MSO, receipts, anything you can!

Let us know how it goes, Gunner.