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    emission testing

    For those of you that have cars 68 and older what all entails on the emissions test..do they test the cap and pressurize the tank.. I bought a 72 Comet and just wondering what BS the car is going to have go thru or just registering it in CA. thanks

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    they check the cap to make sure it seal properly. Thats all they did on mine. i know i am not a 68 but i am a 69 so i dunno how much that changes. they put the sniffers on. check for mufflers. make sure the cap seals and that was all she wrote.

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    you don't have that "cooking pot " looking charcol canister do you?

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    Where would it be? I am guessing not.

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    ya I don't hink you do.. I don't remember my 69 having it...the comet has it on the passenger side under the hood spring/hinge

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    Umm. does it look like the bottom of a coffe can? I have one on the inside tire well. right behind the front passanger tire in other words below that spring. i never knew what it was nor can i see the color of it due to age, mud, dirt etc.

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