What you did there - I see it.

Came here to proclaim much the same thing.  Never gladder to have been beaten to it.  All hope for humanity would have been lost if that particular nugget (pun totally intended) flew under the radar.

Shopping for my first car in 1984. I had 2 grand and found a 1971 Chevelle with a 396 at a used car lot that ran and drove rather decently. They were asking 2 grand and wouldnt budge on the price - I was about $200 short and asked my parents to help - I needed their signatures anyway since I was still a minor.

The rumours of its demise have been greatly exaggerated. Yes, it has been sold as a cutaway only after 2014. It took MY20 off when they discontinued the V10 and replaced it with the Godzilla 7.3.  Now available as a cutaway and bare chassis. https://www.fleet.ford.com/showroom/commercial-trucks/e-series-cutaway/2023/

The current Patty and Selma van twins are based on a platform that dates back to 1996.

He was trying to indicate that this was pretty much the last cam-in-block engine Ford had, where everything else had gone t0 OHC (Over-Head Cam). The new Godzilla 7.3 brought OHV back to Ford.

They finally buckled down, earned a great SAT score, and got into a good collage.

NUKE FROM ORBIT.

SAMIR! YOU’RE BREAKING THE CAR!

Daddy! The top came off!

My dad owned a ‘69 Chevelle SS 396 when the gas crunch hit. He traded it in on a....

This one would have been subject to a dyno test and for even a moderately competent tech, it’s no problem to drive a test cycle on these.  If you mess up during the test and can’t keep it in the range, it will put you in time out and let you retry.  It is not one and done unless you either really suck at driving the…

BAJACEPTION

This thing has been a problem child during smog tests. There are a lot of suspect tests - “A” = Aborted, meaning the technician aborted the test for some reason, “T” means the technician has reported the emissions system has been Tampered with, “F” = fail.

I forgot about that loophole- but yeah, if that was on PNO the seller would have stated that.  Conveniently no plates on the thing so you cant see if its even been tested.  Super fishy.

Early Infiniti emblem. For years, I never really looked at them closely. Seeing them from a distance I figured it was just a bad paint job but no, that was intentional.

https://www.bar.ca.gov/consumer/smog-check-program/collector-cars

You don’t need a smog test to transfer title out of the state - you’d be subject to whatever (if any) testing was required from the new titling state. Sounds like your guy never got OK registration for reasons unknown and likely the plates on the truck didnt belong to it.

Sellers that pull this crap either vapor after purchase or try to pawn it off on the buyer but if the buyer can find them and chooses to sue, they will win every time. It’s the sellers responsibility, period.

1975 and older are exempt.  Used to be 1974, but Arnold signed in a rolling 30 year exemption when he was governor.  It made it 1 year before being repealed.  If it hadnt, then yeah this would have been exempt last year.