TKOPerformance wrote:

BobE wrote:

TKOPerformance wrote:

Could be, but he's also a hands on guy.  I watched him light the pilot and take out one of his Stanley Steamers once.  He also has had parts manufactured for some of his cars that are then also available for others to buy, due to quantity price breaks.  There was a thing years back about how he had new cylinder heads cast for something rare (a Rolls I think), because there were no new ones and the originals were all failure prone and junk.  If I had his money that's the kind of stuff I'm sure I'd do too.  
 

I didn’t mean anything negative towards Jay Leno.  I realize he has done a lot for car enthusiasts.  Having someone on ‘our side’ advocating for the hobby we enjoy is a great asset to have.

 

Absolutely.  Its s shame the law he sponsored didn't pass.  CA car enthusiasts would be a lot better off if it had.  How are people supposed to maintain the emissions systems on 60 year old cars when there are no parts available?  By refusing to pass this common sense law CA has shown that they are prejudicial against our hobby, and take the stance of planned obsolesence embraced by car manufacturers, which is based entirely on greed.  
 

I glad that NYS, where I live, hasn’t been focused on this like California.  Currently, cars built before the emissions requirement are exempt.  We’ll see what the future brings.  
 

In DE to register as an antique you have to pass inspection once.  Once you have the antique title the vehicle never goes to the DMV again.  All renewals are online and just require you to provide current insurance info and mileage.  There isn't even any cost.  

However, Leno's Law would have been even better, because is phased out emission testing requirements on vehicles 30 years old.  The trouble is that in CA they don't just do the tailpipe test; they also do a visual inspection, and if you can't get or find emissions parts you can't pass.  The contention was that these vehicles are rarely driven, and thus don't really contribute to pollution.  Its pretty clear that CA would prefer non emissions controlled heavy equipment to pump years worth of ICE car pollution into the atmosphere in a few days to mine and smelt the materials needed to built EV battery packs, because that doesn't happen locally.  

Black image was Nano Banana AI. This BMW Avus Blue image is via Chat GPT. I like the Chat version because it used my image and didn't source a different one. Plus it added a center cap to the rear wheel with a vague Mustang image in it. Don't like the fender badges, but hey, A for effort. I think I prefer the dark wheels. 

Damn site easier than PhotoChop