CA VIN check and emissions sticker. Location? Options

[MichiganMat]

914World,

Im working to title and plate my '75 914 in CA. I've worked through the lien paperwork and the company Im working with, Registration Express, is ready to do a VIN check. My '75 tub has been sandblasted and resprayed, so any emissions stickers that used to be there are long gone. The rep at RE says that they need to check both the VIN *and* the emissions sticker.

I found a sticker available from AutoAtlanta: http://www.autoatlanta.com/Porsche-Engine-...22133033BH.html

Does anyone know if this is the sticker that my Rep might be referring to?
Where does this sticker go on the car?

Many thanks,
Mat

[JeffBowlsby]

I think this may be a problem but I sincerely hope I am wrong. The CA exemption is for a smog CHECK-only. All vehicles must still comply with CA emission requirements applicable to their year. So you drive up with an engine swap car, cannot pass the smog check and...you cannot get titled in CA.

For anyone thats done this in CA...am I wrong?

That label BTW is for a 49-state 1.8L car. If thats what your car was ... then great. If it was a 2.0L car or a CA-model...it would not be correct.

[MichiganMat]

I think this may be a problem but I sincerely hope I am wrong. The CA exemption is for a smog CHECK-only. All vehicles must still comply with CA emission requirements applicable to their year. So you drive up with an engine swap car, cannot pass the smog check and...you cannot get titled in CA.

For anyone thats done this in CA...am I wrong?

Yes, thats my understanding too. This is NOT for smog check. This is to get the car titled.

The check that R.E. wants to do is not super-official, an emissions sticker just needs to be present on the chassis at the time of VIN inspection, thats all.

If its not there, then they require me to have the car checked by CHP. If I can put an $11 sticker on the chassis and save myself the hassle of CHP then that seems like a win, just need to determine the correct location.