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Originally Posted by Snakebit
Do iI have this right, as long as you have a pre 72 block for the engine, you are exempt from emmissions, but will receive a normal registration status, are subject to a full inspection every 2 years and can not apply for collector status.
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I don't know if anyone really knows what the deal is anymore. But I can tell you that even under the old rules, that would not be right. Under the old rules, the year of the engine determined what year's emissions requirements the car was required to meet (and what pollution control equipment it must have on it). So if you had a 72 block, you would have been tested at 1972 emission standards and the engine would have been required to have all the emissions control equipment on it that a 1972 engine would have had on it when it left the factory. The collector status is what allowed you to be exempt for emissions testing entirely.
Based on the above change in the law, and assuming they haven't changed anything else, if you titled your car for the first time in 2007 and used a 72 block, your car should be titled as a 2007 reconstructed vehicle, you would receive a regular registration, would be subject to inspection every 2 years, would be subject to 1972 emission standards, and would not be eligible for collector status.
Someone in Trenton needs to fix this.