Re: So long hornet Idea, Hello Gremlin!!!! I have some Que...

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxx>]

For what it is worth if anything, Texas has a 24 year cutoff exemption on
emissions, that is any car that is 24 years old or older is exempt. So this
year all 1980 cars and back are exempt, next year 1981, then 1982 and so on.
Several ov my own cars, like my 1982 Eagle wagon, I tore all that as Bart
put it, bullshit emissions stuff out of it over 5 years ago, all of that
crap had long since outlived it's usefulness. So no wires to the carb, no
metal tubes in the manifold, no hoses, no sensors, the sheer amount of crap
that came out from under the hood that day still amazes me, it as a pile of
stuff over two feet high.

The car has been running and driving great now and has almost 200,000 miles
on it, and lots of power too, it is my swap meet & tow car with a Class III
hitch. To get it inspected I know a number of places and individuals here in
Houston like the Rude Iranians some of ya'll have seen me mention before.
They will inspect a Red Flyer Wagon for a bucket of hot, steaming, Popeye's
chicken with fixings. Same with my 71 SC/360 Hornet, which has illegal
'dumps' that is, the headers, duals, and pipes cut off abruptly right before
the Twin Grip 3:91 rear in that booger, and no way it would pass inspection
with dumps, but with the amazing power of KFC, Churches, Popeyes, or Hartz,
it gets inspected.

And I may add too that the visuals some places do is not really a visual as
they don't have a slightest damned clue as to what the hell they are even
looking at. Their books call for say 198X to meet 198X emissions for
instance. But 198X vehicle may have 197X engine in it, so this must be
explained. Some will look the other way, others will not inspect it.
Sometimes a 20 spot goes a looooonnnngggg way like dealing with the
Federales in Mexico or a Democratic presidential hopeful in New Hampshire.
Good luck with it, my suggestion would be build it how you want, as you
want, then worry about the silly crap like inspections later.

I have a lot more to say about emissions and inspections, and meaningless
enviromental legislation intent on forcing all old cars off the road, but it
would crash this server if I wrote it all here!
Eddie stakes' Planet Houston AMX www.planethoustonamx.com