California Bill SB 708

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Please write to your State Senator and request their NO vote on SB 708



March 24, 2003

Please note that the California Senate is voting on Senate Bill 708
tomorrow. If this bill passes, it will reverse the smog exemption which we
achieved from the passing of SB42 a few years ago.

I have sent an attachment_of a letter that I sent to my local state
senator. I urge each of you to write a similar letter and send it to your
respective senator.

We MUST do everything possible to get this bill, SB708, stopped dead in
its tracks.
From: "Clyde Madsen"
To:
Subject: SB 708
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 09:52:16 -0800


Dear Senator Ackerman:

The purpose of this note is in regards to Senate Bill 708. I am a resident
of Laguna Niguel and a collector of vintage motor cars. I am also very
well integrated within a number of Car Clubs including the National
Corvette Restorers Society (NCRS), the Cobra Owners Club of America
(COCOA) and Porsche Club of America (PCA).

I am_most upset with Senator Florez' latest attempt to blame the collector
car_industry for California's inability to meet mandated smog levels. It
is_expected that this bill will reach the Senate floor tomorrow for a
vote. I_and the members of the respective car clubs I am a member of,_urge
you to vote "NO" in this ill-advised bill.

As a collector car hobbyist, one of my true joys in life is the
restoration and preservation of our automobile heritage. Billions of
dollars flow through the economy via thousands of businesses that
support_this popular and growing industry. Strangling this entire industry
with_unfair and unnecessary smog regulations is yet another nail in the
coffin_of the California economy.

Collector cars are not only the best maintained automobiles on the
road,_but are the least-driven of all cars. Most of my friends are "car
people",_professionals who work hard at salaried jobs in anticipation of a
weekend_of fun with friends and our prized classic cars. We gather almost
weekly_at car shows and cruises all up and down the State. Most such cars
are_driven less than 1,000 miles annually.

My current concourse-prepared 1967_427 Corvette, and it's companion 1965
Shelby Mustang GT350 are shown virtually every weekend at a charitable car
show_somewhere in Southern California. These cars, and the thousands like
it_that are driven, shown and enjoyed every weekend are NOT the
"gross_polluter's" Senator Florez targets. To be sure, there are
"gross_polluter's" on our highways. We see them every day, especially in
Orange County, with dented fenders, missing bumpers,_broken tail lamps and
smoke spewing from the exhaust. Those_cars should be the target of our
smog laws, not the classics that are_restored to near-new or concourse
condition and lovingly maintained by_their dedicated owners.

Some of these classics, especially the "Muscle_Cars" of the late '60's and
early '70's have large engines that do not_meet today's more stringent
Smog II regulations, and cannot be made to_comply at any cost. SB 708
would relegate these classics to the scrap heap or museums, and put an end
to a huge industry in California. The effect on_businesses all around the
country would be catastrophic. SB 708 will_negate our hard-fought victory
of SB 42 a few years back, which prevented_the Smog II regulations from
automatically failing all old cars, even with_proper smog equipment
installed.

Again, these cars are driven only a few miles annually. This bill
is_punitive to a very large collector car hobby that is only a very small
contributor to the smog problem in California.

I urge you to reject this latest attempt to put a Band-Aid on the
larger_smog problem. Please vote NO on SB 708!

Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Clyde Madsen




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