My '87 Westfalia was purchased in Grand Junction, Colorado and driven
back to California. I smogged it here with no problems whatsoever. It
has a label from the factory stating that it meets CA emmissions
standards, BTW.

I believe VW at some point engineered their vehicles to meet the most
stringent emissions requirements that would be encountered in the USA,
which are in California. For the Digifant-equipped Vanagons (86-91),
there should be no problem smogging it. Not sure about the Digijets,
though (83.5-85).

Dan

Bill Davidson wrote:
>
> > I heard sometime back somewhere that any vanagon would pass SMOG tests in
> > the 50 states.
> > In my case, if it came from NE, would pass the CA SMOG test?
> > Does anyone know this for sure?
>
> I bought my 90 WEsty Syncro in Colorado and brought it back to
> California.... It had a 48 (?) state certification... nic California.... but
> it passed easily.... I think it has more to do with how well the engine
> runs...  is in.... tuned up lately? still have the catalytic converter? O2
> sensor? ... if the engine is running good it will probably pass...
>
> Good Luck,
> Bill