Gafirema
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Hello. I have some questions and hope some one here can help me out as I am at a complete loss and unsure of what to do right now.
I was trying to sell my car, a BMW, and came across an add for a classic 1980 triumph spitfire 1500. I fell in love with the little thing and the add said "possibly accepting trades" so I contacted them. Long story short, I traded my old BMW which was in pretty close to perfect condition for the little triumph. It needs a new gasket (which the part was included for) and a new clutch cylinder, aside from that mechanically it's perfect, as far as I know at least...
It's not leaking hardly any oil at all, it's running strong and it doesn't even smoke (that I've seen, maybe some small little puff on start up). But for some reason California does not want this little car on their roads.
The gentlemen who traded it to me is from Texas and had Texas tags on it. The Texas tags are clean and current and he just brought it here and said I should have no trouble smogging and registering it but I've heard otherwise...
It has a webber carburetor which I've been told is illegal in California and that even if it has the stock one (which seems hard to find) I won't be able to pass emissions tests.
I've been told a bunch of different things, from getting a catalytic converter for it to replacing the entire engine. I'm not sure what to do. I don't mind making fixes here and there as I knew when buying a LBC I'd need to do such things, but I don't have an absolute ton of money to spend.
I love the little car to death, it's not a bad car at all it's brilliant! I just want to drive it around legally here in San Diego.
What should I do? Thank you much for any advice.
I was trying to sell my car, a BMW, and came across an add for a classic 1980 triumph spitfire 1500. I fell in love with the little thing and the add said "possibly accepting trades" so I contacted them. Long story short, I traded my old BMW which was in pretty close to perfect condition for the little triumph. It needs a new gasket (which the part was included for) and a new clutch cylinder, aside from that mechanically it's perfect, as far as I know at least...
It's not leaking hardly any oil at all, it's running strong and it doesn't even smoke (that I've seen, maybe some small little puff on start up). But for some reason California does not want this little car on their roads.
The gentlemen who traded it to me is from Texas and had Texas tags on it. The Texas tags are clean and current and he just brought it here and said I should have no trouble smogging and registering it but I've heard otherwise...
It has a webber carburetor which I've been told is illegal in California and that even if it has the stock one (which seems hard to find) I won't be able to pass emissions tests.
I've been told a bunch of different things, from getting a catalytic converter for it to replacing the entire engine. I'm not sure what to do. I don't mind making fixes here and there as I knew when buying a LBC I'd need to do such things, but I don't have an absolute ton of money to spend.
I love the little car to death, it's not a bad car at all it's brilliant! I just want to drive it around legally here in San Diego.
What should I do? Thank you much for any advice.