"Another" California Registration question

[mr0077]

On the CA DMV website under SB-100 SPCN registration (http://www.dmv.ca.gov/vr/spcns.htm) I find this:

"Previously registered vehicles may be included as one of the first 500 applicants in a calendar year and apply for a different model-year determination."

So, if my Cobra is already registered in another state and I move to CA, does the above mean that I am "exempt" from the SB-100 500-car limit, and I'm just included in with the 500 certificates that are issued?

What pitfalls are involved if I and my car move to California?

Thanks

[SCOBRAC]

No... 500 cars a year period. You are required to register your car when you arrive (within a very short period of time after you get here). It puts you in position of having to violate the law in order to drive your car enless you want to bring it here and park it.

There is a plan "B" provided your car has all the emissions equipment the engine would have had on it when the engine was first built. Most cars don't meet this standard and there is validation / inspection process involved.

[mr0077]

Mine has a '68 engine, required to have PCV, which it has. What is Plan B?

[onefastmustang]

Originally Posted by mr0077

Mine has a '68 engine, required to have PCV, which it has. What is Plan B?

I suspect that plan B is the same plan B I intend to take with my 69 engine. Go with the proper emissions in place and get smogged..

[jdog]

Plan "B" is that you have to have all required smog equipment & pass a sniff test, we have a "gross polluter" law.

All required equipment includes carb, cam,ect....

jdog
P.S. How about we all pitch-in and build a 100% smog original 390 engine that we can "share" between us every 2 years.
I figure it would be worth $1,000 for me to have access to a smogable fe block when I need one!

[SCOBRAC]

In 1968 it gets a little tricky, by 1969 it's very tricky. Essentially it requires you to have any and all smog equipment which would have come on the vehicle / engine that your Cobra has in it.

This will be established by our Bureau of Auto Repair. They (are suppose to) inspect your engine and verify the origin, look up the equipment it had and verify that equipment is present. In 1968 California required many cars to have an AIR (air injection recovery) system and that means a smog pump and tubes which inject air into the heads. Many had an EGR (exhaust gas recovery) system and all had PCV valves.

If you can do some homework ahead of time and demonstrate your engine MAY not have been equipped this way they will generally give you the benefit of the doubt. Most 3/4 ton trucks (based on gross vehicle weight) and "R" code engines had the least smog control for the longest period of time. Dual carbs were avaliable here in 1968 but not in 1969.

This process involves a smog check every 2 years and the requirements are the requiremnets for the engine and year you have in the vehicle. This involves verifying tail pipe emissions, equipment verification and in my area a run on a low speed dyno. This gets tricky with large small block strokers. If your engine was a 351 you will be measured against 1969 351 Windsor standards.

[mr0077]

ScobraC,
Sounds like I need to do some research...mine is a '68 service block (no numbers other than casting #s), but you said "...provided your car has all the emissions equipment the engine would have had on it when the engine was first built." Would that mean 1965 (or whenever the sideoiler came out)? If so, I should be okay, since none in that year had smog equipment (except PCV)...if not, I should be able to find some 1968 Side Oiler-equipped vehicle with no AIR or EGR...?
In any case, it sounds like I would just go to the BAR, show them what I have and get their ruling, then go get it registered (if no smog equipment is required)? Sorry for being dense, but I just don't want to step in the wrong pile of stuff...