[Vwdiesel] States that allow conversions?

[Stephen Kraus]

Here in Chattanooga, you can put an engine in ANYTHING as long as it meets
road safety standards (seat belts, windshields, roll bars) I've seen a dune
buggy riding around town with a license plate....I did not even know you
could get plates for those.
So long as it passes emissions though, I don't think they care

On 2/23/07, Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Interesting thing is, I remember in some states the law used to read that
> you could put any engine into anything else, as long as it used the
> emissions and met the emissions standards of whatever was newer. In this
> case, obviously you were encouraged to use a newer engine in an older car
> rather than the opposite.
> Is this still the case anywhere?
>
> Tony Hoffman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terry Briggs" <vbriggs at stny.rr.com>
> To: <Vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 12:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] States that allow conversions? WAS: TDI Passet4
> motion
>
>
> > Not sure how they would do it here in NY, as I think they go by the vin
> > number, and that tells whether it was a diesel or not, but they only
> > plug in 1996 and newer cars here, the rest are just a safety inspection
> > for the most part. So I think you could convert about anything so long
> > as it was older than 1996. The big deal here is all diesels cost to
> > inspect is $10, gassers are $20.
>
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