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This month's Third Wednesday Porsche Club Tech Session is shown below. As always, SDVSA is invited to take advantage of it! If you have any interest in improving your Volvo's handling, this is the tech session for YOU!!! Wednesday 15th JULY 1998 - 7:00pm Kevin O'Keefe of Krupp BILSTEIN of America Inc. SPECIALISTS IN SHOCK ABSORBER TECHNOLOGY WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO THEIR SAN DIEGO FACILITY ON REHCO ROAD. THE TOPIC WILL BE PERFORMANCE SHOCK ABSORBER SYSTEMS NO RSVP REQUlRED,- JUST COME
ALONG, BILSTEIN is located at 8845 REHCO Road. SAN DIEGO. 453 -7723
SB42 Opposition Forming Just as the best legislative news in several years came in the form of SB42, a group, the Automotive Trade Organization of California, is trying to have legislation introduced to reverse the smog exemption for 1966 to 1973 vehicles. This is a trade organization of service stations and smog stations, who will lose money because 1966-1973 cars have been eliminated from smog checks. The issue is money. The Legislative Branch of the Association of California Car Clubs (ACCC) reminds all automobile enthusiasts that:
Community Group Files Civil Rights
Lawsuit The environmental group, Communities for a Better Environment (CBE), has filed a federal lawsuit against the South Coast Air Quality Management District in California over its vehicle scrappage program. CBE said the program creates pollution "hot spots" in low-income neighborhoods. The group also named oil companies Chevron Crop., Tosco Corp., Ultrmar Corp., Unocal Crop., and GATX Crop., which use credits gained by scrapping old, high-emission vehicles instead of reducing actual factory emissions. The credits are good for five years. The lawsuit seeks to have the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stop the pollution-trading program in the Los Angeles region. Cars and Parts Magazine |
