This is the main story that continues to pop up online at various time points, proving some people's belief that California is completely out of control regulation wise. I have been in California all my life, have had old cars, known lots of other guys with cars who work on them at home, and no one has had any problems. And I have been in Sacramento most of my life, which apparently now is the worst place to be in California if you're a car guy. Yet me and every other old car guy I know basically get to do whatever we want with our pre-75 (no smog check required) cars. Just register them and get insurance and good to go. People can believe whatever they want about CA, but things seem pretty good to me from an individual car hobbyist perspective.
