[s_morrison57]

I've got Collector plates on my 87 930 here in B.C. and when it passed the "Air Care" it had to pass with the emissions that were required when the car was new. As long as you keep the collector plates on it you never have to Air Care again, I was lucky cause I passed with a cat by-pass. BTW modifications away from stock are restricted and the car can only be used for pleasure use, no school or work and the insurance is cheap, 1100/year as opposed to 3500/year.
Air Care is being dropped Dec. 31/13, the gov't has decided that the cars they were targeting have been removed from the road. It's really worked, you hardly ever see older cars on the road. New cars have a 7 year exemption and you have to test every second year after that until 12 years of age and then every year after that and its only in the Vancouver area.
I feel for you Calif. guys and the smog testing that goes with living there. Dropping Air Care is the first thing my gov't has done for me and other car guys.
Finn