1976 Is it a 49 state or Cali car? Options

[gnomefabtech]

Car came from Nevada but I can't tell if it was originally a California car. It still has injection but doesn't have a cat or smog pump. Doesn't look like it ever had either but I'm wondering since I'm going to try and register it here in California. Thanks in advance!!

Here is the Vin:

[wonkipop]

@JORACER#40 and @gnomefabtech

this may be of interest.

re definitions used by CARB.
apparently they use the USEPA definitions derived from the Clean Air Act.



there may have been an update to model year definition under the Act.
but it doesn't change things.
its just a more verbose wording of the original definition.
model year still = production period.



the way i read this is that the 1976 914 2.0 is defined by its production period,
not its title as given by porsche.

under the definition:

start date = Jan 2 1975 or Aug (? day of first car produced) 1975.
later = Aug (?) 1975.

end date = Dec 31 1975 (last unit produced) or Dec 31 1976.
sooner = Dec 31 1975.

therefor the model termed the 1976 914 2.0 by its manufacturer is in fact a 1975 model year car as defined by the Clean Air Act, the USEPA and CARB.

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i am unsure how cars are being caught in the 1976 and onwards net in california in terms of smog testing. but if they have worded it that 1976 and newer MY cars are required to be smogged then i believe that the 1976 914 does not fall under the requirement.

i'm no lawyer. but i think there might be something to this.
it appears to me that porsche for the purposes of the USEPA either produced a 1975 model for 18 months, which is perfectly possible under the definitions or it produced two 1975 models one after the other within the time period defined by the act.

this applies equally to both the 48 states car and the californian car.