Robert, a passing reference in one of your above posts concerns me...the "push back" you're getting from environmentalists (as expected).
If a move is made to provide folks who seek to correct their registration with additional SB100 numbers (over and above the 500 allocated each year), is there a chance we may awaken them to the idea of doing away with SB100?
I say this as an owner of a 1976 Bronco who waited 10 years to do a ground up rebuild, only to have the "person" from LA push a bill through (and signed) stopping the 30 year rule at 1975. Who would've ever thought that would get changed?
I'm hopeful that folks who seek to correct their bad registrations think before they stand in line in January. Many have Mustang II running gear, complete with computer hardware, who may have little problem with meeting the smog standards for the year of their engine. Others are using older blocks who might also have little to really fear from the smog standards set for their engines. And, as has been discussed previously, some smog refs might very well continue to give a pass of sorts to motors which "appear" to be based upon older blocks despite being new "replacement" blocks.
I just hope folks look before they leap and take SB100 spots they don't need...both folks correcting bad registrations and folks with new builds. Many folks simply don't realize that SB100 is not a registration provision, but merely an exemption for smog requirements when there is no way to comply.