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[Kitterer Bob]

Assuming my memory has not gone completely 1965 was the first full  
fledged year that CA / USA(?) started requiring USA mfg. to meet smog  
regulations.   Starting in 1961 CA approved smog equipment ,PVC  
valves, (rather than having standards to meet) and there had to be at  
least three mfg. before the state would approve the equipment.  They  
also required certain "older" vehicles be retrofitted which destroyed  
so many engines that the policy was abandoned.  By the same token  
Chrysler developed a solid state ignition system that would exceed a  
later emission requirement but since Chrysler was the only provider  
the state would not approve the system to be sold in CA.  As I recall  
there were a number of articles on smog equipment and requirements in  
Road & Track in the mid '60's.

Bob Kitterer

1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
2000 Miata Special Edition




On Nov 1, 2008, at 4:26 PM, Brad Fornal wrote:

> I recall back in my teenage years, seeing a 66 Mustang with smog  
> crap. It
> was a cali car