Ben,

In California, all vehicles from 1976 on must undergo emissions testing
every other year.

It gets even uglier though: not only does the vehicle have to pass the
emissions test, it must have all the original emissions equipment in place.
That means your '78 Westy would have to have the original fuel injection
setup to pass.

Cheers from Sacramento, CA.

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Benny boy
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:17 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: California law (smog)

Can someone enlight(en?) me on the emission/smog test:

Let's say you have a 78 westy, carburated or injection, do you have to pass
a smog test? is it a 25 years old car/van max law? what about collection
vehicle? (special promenade plate = no smog test?)

I sais Clifornia but any other state for that matter!

Of what i know, California is more strict then other state?

We have a local debate here...

Ben