RANT: Electric Conversions, Not what you think...... Options

[KaptKaos]

There's a fellow selling a motor in the classifieds. Here's the link:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=92077

Seems normal enough. I assume, maybe wrongly, that this person is using the car for an electric conversion.

I have no issue with people converting their cars to electric motors. However, I am wondering if it is reasonable to ask or inform the people that are looking to do this to please try to use '76 cars? This is particularly important in California, as the smog checks in California aren't required on Pre-76 cars.

There are two counter arguments that I can think of and they are:

1) '76 cars are fairly rare, and therefore either more expensive and/or harder to find.
2) The point of an electric conversion is to reduce emissions, so using a car that has higher emissions makes more sense.

I am not sure if this is practical/possible/reasonable/feasible, so I figured that I'd ask.

Am I out of line here?

Please note that I mean no ill will to the seller above.

[effutuo101]

as the smog checks in California aren't required on Pre-76 cars.

Hijack

Good to know. I have been doing some research on this. Do you have a one stop web site? the info I have gathered so far is conflicting.

[CliffBraun]

as the smog checks in California aren't required on Pre-76 cars.

Hijack

Good to know. I have been doing some research on this. Do you have a one stop web site? the info I have gathered so far is conflicting.

Smog checks are not required, however it is still illegal to modify any emissions equipment by both CA and federal law.

If you get caught (heh), you get the pleasure of returning the car to stock and visiting a smog ref.

There's a thread about me that's got a pretty good primer on this stuff, but that's the summary.