Thread Number: 42182
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My dream car found, The 1985 Pontiac Firebird! |
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Post# 444309 , Reply# 1   8/1/2021 at 16:20 (969 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 444410 , Reply# 3   8/3/2021 at 19:46 (967 days old) by Brando_husky (Las Vegas Nevada)   |   | |
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Nice find! Looks like a good project. I've got to get to working on all of mine some day hah |
Post# 444414 , Reply# 4   8/3/2021 at 23:06 (967 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 444435 , Reply# 5   8/4/2021 at 22:27 (966 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 444456 , Reply# 7   8/5/2021 at 22:52 (965 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 444500 , Reply# 8   8/7/2021 at 10:13 (963 days old) by midcenturyfan (Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England)   |   | |
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Post# 446555 , Reply# 10   9/26/2021 at 23:43 (913 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Your car is over 25 years old it's considered a classic. Classic cars have to pass safety. I believe if th we car came without seat belts stock you don't have sea belts in it.
When I was in California over a week ago I seen toyogS, electric cars and hot rods. They had a big car show and people were doing the. To the car show. Everything in California is so bad exhaust fumes which causes alot of cancers like 6 systems. When inhaled you'd look like the mutants off the hills have eyes. |
Post# 446623 , Reply# 11   9/28/2021 at 12:31 (911 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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The law in North Carolina requires emissions inspections for vehicles 1996 and newer. That was the year that OBDII electronics became the standard across all makes. The emissions testing equipment used in most (maybe all) states that do emissions testing gathers necessary data from the vehicle's computers via the OBDII port. That would make it impossible to test a 1985 model car in its stock configuration but I would assume that if the new engine came from a post-1996 vehicle, you would have to at least partially retrofit the Firebird with OBDII for the engine to run, essentially tricking it into thinking it's in a different vehicle, which is a special can of worms all on its own. The big question is whether the vehicle maintains its exemption because of its model year or loses it because it now has OBDII and presumably therefore can be tested. It might be worthwhile to check with a local inspection station or even California DMV's Web site as there is bound to be an official policy on this for custom vehicles.
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Post# 446639 , Reply# 12   9/28/2021 at 20:52 (911 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 446674 , Reply# 13   9/30/2021 at 00:23 (910 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Borger, Texas is part of Hutchinson County, which like the entirety of the Texas panhandle, does not do inspections. Only 17 counties in Texas have inspections. Hutchinson is not one of them.
The laws vary from state to state but in general the DMV does not like engine/chassis swaps on a VIN. You have to fill out a lot of paperwork that requires you to prove with hard documentation and photo evidence that you did not steal or illegally acquire the parts. Some states do not check for engine replacements/serial numbers, but in any case the car is classified with a salvage/rebuilt title and will always show that plus the mileage discrepancy on the title. If trying to flip the car for resale, you will always get buyers shying away from titles like that because they do not know what monkeys have monkeyed around with the car unless they can blatantly see its a custom and is a weekend toy. Some info on what the TxDOT looks for and their regulations on motor swapping (all parts that came with the newer motor must remain with it) www.texas4x4.org/threads/... To the people from California - OP doesn't live in California. The rest of the USA is not government controlled, you are free to drive what you want and not have to have the Stasi ask for your papers ever time you take your car out on the road. ;-)
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Post# 446694 , Reply# 15   9/30/2021 at 21:02 (909 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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In Illinois, again, only some counties require inspections. Even then, only for 1996 and newer. The reason for that is that owning and maintaining emissions testing equipment AND keeping employees trained in using them, is VERY expensive. 1996 and newer OBDII cars don't need any test equipment, they ARE the test equipment, and all tests are performed constantly while driving. All the inspections people do is ask your car if it's passed its own tests. A really good system - until you realize that a car manufacturer's software programmers could quite easily cheat the system, as Volkswagen did with their diesel cars lol.
Anyway, if your car is 95 or older, you can pretty much do whatever to it and nobody will ask no questions. I mean, you might get pulled over for having a loud exhaust, but that's about it. |
Post# 446817 , Reply# 16   10/5/2021 at 00:17 (905 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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I loved my trip.and I love california. I was being rhetorical as california laws on car emissions is strict.
My mother iaw said "there isn't many junker cars here." I said there cost of living is higher so a more expensive vehicle for us is like us having cars not as expensive. I also mentioned cali if your car pollutes or runs bad you can't drive it. I'm pretty sure cali will only allow electric cars. I pulled up next to a high end tesla 0-60 in 3 seconds. It was sweet. But yes I love cali and the beach in Oceanside is.my favorite location in the world. |