Near bulletproof smog Cheat?

[Guest Anonymous]

For all those with dangerously large engines in their 74 and later Z's, hear this. I heard of A guy who will mod a Z that requires smog into a race car. Then he will buy a wrecked 240z and then swap the plates, dash, emblems over. Since the 240z is smog exempt, the DMV thinks you drive a 240, and you can file a P.N.O. for the later model Z . Hey presto, your car does not need to ever enter a smog shop, and you can cut the real 240 into 3 pieces and then it leagally does not exsist. Just playing devil's advocate here.

[Guest Anonymous]

Man... I don't know about that... Unless you know the guy personally. The whole thing seems kind of fishy to me. Just as a question, how would the guy make the car into a race car and how much would all of this cost.

[johnc]

All its takes is a California Highway Patrol officer to look at the firewall near the master cylinder and your friend and his customer goes to jail while the cops investigate a possible stolen vehicle. The CHP knows where to look on every vehicle for the permanent ID number and its how they catch a lot of chop shops.

[Tony240ZT]

Permanent, eh? Ever watch the original "Gone in 60 seconds", you know the one from back in the 70's. Pretty cheap movie, but same idea where they stole a pristene vehicle of one type, then went to a car auction for really beat up cars and bought a car of the same type for like $300, then swapped the "permanent" id's over from the $300 car to the perfect condition stolen car, and crushed the junker. In the movie they even take out the windshield to get to that ever so tough to reach id tag on the dash board.

 

Anyways, nothing I'd ever consider doing, but I wouldn't say there's no chance you'd get away with it. Still risky though, no doubt.

[jaime240z]

Sounds like it just might be easier to START your project with a smog-exempt Z?

[Tony240ZT]

Hehe, no kidding, expecially since Z cars are so cheap to begin with. That's part of why we like them, right?

[johnc]

Don't rely on movies for information about committing a crime. Every vehicle has its ID number engraved onto the body in at least one place. Newer vehicles have the ID numbers engraved in multiple places.

 

On the 240Z its on the firewall near the master cylinder. You can swap ID plates around all you want, but the sharp cops know where to look for the "real" ID.

[Guest Anonymous]

The key to this to be done legally is under the respective state's "vehicle re-construction statutes" which allows two or more vehicles to be combined into one.

[fl327]

parts car.

[Guest bigjim240z]

what is so difficult about removing the motor and power booster..cutting out the old stamped in area, rewelding in the 240z number..grinding everything smooth and repainting?..this is alot of work but for some one who is really serious and has some skills..it can be done easily!..i could do it..but really dont need to go that far.