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Question about Montana
Big Sky Redneck
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Since most of us here are car guys and appreciate hot rods I just gotta know something about Montana.
Can I legally hotrod a car there? You know, real hotrod with big honkin carbs, headers, glasspacks and so on without needing to be rich and have TONS of paperwork like in PA?
The state I am leaving (PA) has gotten so bad in regards to hotrodding unless you have tons of $$ you will have problems building anything less than a showcar hotrod. PA now has stricter emmisions than CA! Altleast in CA you can take a 20 year old car and do as you wish. In PA the inspection rules have gotten so friggin tight that you need to find a car from the 60s to start with, then you need a special purpose title and so on. The days of opening the hood, yanking the engine and installing something that guzzles gas are all but long gone. There are exceptions but you have to live in a full emissions inspection county. If you live in a Visual only emissions county hotrodding is not going to happen. I had to sell my short bed Chevy a few years ago because it had a Holly carb with an Edelbrock intake, headers and dual exhaust, could not get it legal without returning it back to factory condition.
BYE BYE PA!!!!!!!!!
Can I legally hotrod a car there? You know, real hotrod with big honkin carbs, headers, glasspacks and so on without needing to be rich and have TONS of paperwork like in PA?
The state I am leaving (PA) has gotten so bad in regards to hotrodding unless you have tons of $$ you will have problems building anything less than a showcar hotrod. PA now has stricter emmisions than CA! Altleast in CA you can take a 20 year old car and do as you wish. In PA the inspection rules have gotten so friggin tight that you need to find a car from the 60s to start with, then you need a special purpose title and so on. The days of opening the hood, yanking the engine and installing something that guzzles gas are all but long gone. There are exceptions but you have to live in a full emissions inspection county. If you live in a Visual only emissions county hotrodding is not going to happen. I had to sell my short bed Chevy a few years ago because it had a Holly carb with an Edelbrock intake, headers and dual exhaust, could not get it legal without returning it back to factory condition.
BYE BYE PA!!!!!!!!!
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I got a big laugh from this blurb at the end from the Forest Service website
Grizzlies, black bears and other large wildlife may be encountered here. Use proper food storage, keep a clean, odorless camp, and avoid close confrontations. Males in the fall, and mothers with young may be aggressive if you get too close, so view them from a safe distance. Firearms are not necessary. [:p][:p]
http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/kootenai/about/forest/featured_areas/cabinet_wilderness.shtml
Warning: I loved Montana -- nice country, nice people -- but laft because their state financing is all screwed up. They have state income tax but no sales tax, so it's a nice place to visit or retire to. I was dumb enoough to be making a salary, so left.