DeTomaso Mailing List: June 98, Message #394

Richard Barkley wrote:
	> 1) Under the current CA inspection exemption for '73 and earlier, 
	> there is no exemption for the visual inspection/tampering part 
	> of the law. So, if you get stopped in a rodeside inspection or 
	> an automated onramp detector, you could be cited and forced to 
	> put the car back to stock (even if that increases the polution) 
	> no matter how much it costs!

Correct!

	> 2) There is a bill (forget the number) to do away with the visual 
	> inspection (don't know if it's just for older cars) and go 
	> just by tail pipe. It was supposedly passed by both houses but 
	> rejected by Gov. Wilson and currently going through the process 
	> again.

Dont know about that.   Time for a search on the web.

	Shane Ingate in San Diego