Is "all original" worth keeping a 305?

[cadillac_al]

Originally Posted by BaseModel

I'd definitely give you $50. Where do I send the money?

I wish you were closer because you would own it. Maine to Texas would be a hefty freight bill. I would haul it to NH though, if anybody else is interested.

[68c10owner]

Originally Posted by N2TRUX

A whole lot more about Cali smog laws than me. I just recently had to point out the 305 only feature when it was brought up about the 84 Sierra I bought had a 305.

Never mind me. Just been one of those days.

[Malo83]

Originally Posted by 68c10owner

Never mind me. Just been one of those days.

It'a all good Bro!

[68c10owner]

Originally Posted by Malo83

It'a all good Bro!

I really wish it was.

[GRX]

Nothing wrong with the 305. Essentially a small bore 350. At least they are not a 267. Those were real dogs. That said, I'd swap for a 350 if the original 305 needed a lot of work. More aftermarket parts available and easier to coax more horses out of them.

[hatzie]

Originally Posted by 68c10owner

Never mind me. Just been one of those days.

Tomorrow will be better.

[BaseModel]

Originally Posted by cadillac_al

I wish you were closer because you would own it. Maine to Texas would be a hefty freight bill. I would haul it to NH though, if anybody else is interested.

Send me a PM... how much freight are we talking? You did say it was rebuilt...

[MikeB]

Man, I can't believe some states still check emissions and emissions equipment on old cars and trucks that represent maybe 0.5% of all the vehicles on the road. Same is true in Colorado, or at least Jefferson county. A friend of mine has a mid-80s Toyota Land Cruiser and is going through all kinds of grief to get it to pass an emissions test. And heck, he drives it less than 2K miles per year, so it probably pollutes less than a new Toyota driven 15K miles/year.

[68c10owner]

Originally Posted by MikeB

Man, I can't believe some states still check emissions and emissions equipment on old cars and trucks that represent maybe 0.5% of all the vehicles on the road. Same is true in Colorado, or at least Jefferson county. A friend of mine has a mid-80s Toyota Land Cruiser and is going through all kinds of grief to get it to pass an emissions test. And heck, he drives it less than 2K miles per year, so it probably pollutes less than a new Toyota driven 15K miles/year.

California is the worst state in the nation for emissions equipment and other states have adopted the same laws. They dont want the older cars on the road because they are less efficient and usually have a ton of miles making some of them gross polluters because people dont maintain their vehicles like they should.

[kalbert]

Originally Posted by 68c10owner

They dont want the older cars on the road because they are less efficient and usually have a ton of miles making some of them gross polluters because people dont maintain their vehicles like they should.

This. As a non-testing state resident, there is a lot of crap on the road that shouldn't be, but there is nothing that can be done about it. Cars leaving puddles in the street, dripping every fluid you would expect and some that are unrecognizable, belching smoke of all the colors of the rainbow and not always from the tailpipe, lights punched out, bumpers dragging, garbage bags and duct tape for windows to keep what little heat the engine is making in the cabin, tires pointing obviously different directions, temporary spares on 3 of 4 corners, and on and on and on. Nothing makes these people maintain their cars so they don't, they just run them and run them and run them. As long as it starts and moves, it does, until it doesn't, and then only the thing that is causing the immediate no-start, won't roll condition is addressed. As minimally as possible. They aren't all 15+ years old either, there is a shocking number of 2-3 year old cars in this condition.