At 12:30 PM 1/15/97 -0500, you wrote:
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>I want to build (convert) a roadster to a V8. The roadster is a chrome
>bumper pre 1975 (pre catylytic converter) car. I do the conversion I get
>the car inspected, no problem, no emisiions test required (at least here in
>MASSACHUSETTS) because it is a pre 1975 car, or is it? The engine was built
>in 1976, is it still a pre 1975 car?
Yes, it is the year of the car
>Second situation. I still want to convert a roadster, this time it is a
>post 1975 rubber bumper model. The engine I am using is a 1973 model year
>engine, never had a catylitic converter on it. Is the car subject to
>emissions test?
Yes, see above
>Third situation, I purchase a body shell in 1997 and build me an MG using
>new parts and parts from the hulk I have sitting in the garage. The engine
>is an 18V that came from a 1974 MGB, what year is the car? is it subject to
>emisiions tests?
You will need an ID from the donor car, and thats the year you meet.
>In all situations lets assume you want to do everything above board and
>legal. Are my questions as far out in the universe as they seem now that I
>have written them down or are they valid?
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>PS I realy would like to do a V8 conversion some day, but not until I
>finish the 74
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>Ross Overcash, 74B, NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer, MA.
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This is not a review of the law, but the practical effect.
Mike
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