At 07:02 PM 5/5/99 -0700, Douglas Braun wrote:
>I recently moved to New Jersey (Princeton), and
>my '72 MK IV Spit just arrived after being mostly
>in storage in Oregon for several years.
Welcome to the Garden State. Saw you last Sunday, right? Joined the NJ
Triumph Association yet?
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>So I was wondering:
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>1: How strict is the NJ state inspection for this car?
> Do bad things happen if you fail, like in California?
> Oregon was great, they had no inspection at all
> for a 1972 car.
For a car registered as a daily driver, a '72 only needs to pass an idle
test. If registered as an Antique (QQ Plates) no inspection at all is
needed, but other restrictions are supposed to apply. [note choice of
wording] There is currently no inspection of emission devices as in
California.
You may be aware that the NJ inspection requirements are in a state of
change, but no changes are planned for 1980 or older vehicles. (Well OK,
maybe inspection wait times will go up!)
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>2: Are there any used parts places, junkyards, etc.
> in this area? When I last regularly drove the
> car, I was living the San Jose California area,
> which was Nirvana for maintaining a car like this...
Because of the wet wintry climate here, junkyard cars become useless after
20 years or so. There ARE individuals with parts Spitfires that will sell
a piece to you if they have it.
Regards,
Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire
Succasunna, NJ USA
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