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Thanks, John. Way back when the crack in mine was brazed as well and started seeping. The previous owner applied epoxy which stopped the seeping for awhile but is leaking a little now. Will have it properly welded or replaced.

Hello Chris, I have a 62 7A with a 948cc engine and that rear axle. Mine already has a crack and I would be interested in your spare axle. I live in California. Would it be possible for you to shIp? Of course I will pay expenses. Thank you, Dann Shively

Hi All, Like Tom Salter I had my referee appointment today and it was quick and smooth. I got there early but my appointment was for 8:25 and I was done by 8:40. Just a minimal inspection and I was on my way with paperwork and a sticker. Then to DMV where I turned in all my paperwork and left with plates and registration. That took about 15 minutes. It's been a year and a half journey because of an out of state purchase, Covid and dealing with the BAR. But it's all over now. Thanks to all of you who offered some good informnation and encouragement. Much appreciated. Cheers! Dann

You are certainly correct, AWATKINS. And thank you for the simplified diagram. Exactly what my referee said. He said I could take a hose from the breather in the block run it through a PCV valve into the intake manifold. He also said I would then have to run a hose from the oil filler cap or valve cover to the air cleaner using a non vented cap. My big problem is the intake manifolds have no provisions to take vacuum for a PVC system. Will be contacting various Weber experts today. As mentioned what I had was what papak mentioned.

So here's the latest in my saga. A month ago, after sixteen months, I was approved for an appointment with the smog referee. I made the appointment and the soonest I could get in was today. I thought I could get by for a PCV requirement by running a hose with a PCV valve from the breather in the block to the backside of one of the Weber air cleaners. Nope! Didn't happen. It has to be a system that pulls fumes into the intake manifold and vents it back into the engine. So now, decision time. Do I sell it out of California or figure a way to fashion a PCV system on a car that never had one without spending a fortune? 1700 Super Sprint, crossflow.

Yep! Have become very familiar with the local DMV.

I bought the car from Texas. When I initially started the registration process I paid all my fees and was given a temporary sticker pending the smog inspection. I just keep renewing the temp registration every few months.

My car has a 1700 crossflow ford with dual webers and no provision for smog. We put a PCV valve on the hose coming out of the breather in the block and ran it into one of the Weber air cleaners. Unfortunately I haven't been able to have it inspected. I completed all my DMV paperwork and inspections and got my sequence number over a year ago. On July 31, 2020 I had a virtual appointment by phone with the BAR which took two weeks to make. The call lasted about five minutes and I was told to email all the documents for review. A year later I'm still waiting for the BAR referee to see my car. Emails are sometimes returned others not. Two promises of phone calls haven't happened. It seems like it's one way communication. I can only email since I don't have a number for the person I'm dealing with. When he's called me, his number is blocked. I just paid for another year's registration but it's incomplete awaiting smog certification. I'm on my fifth or sixth temporary operating permit. Patiently, I wait.

I was talking to the Northern California regional office in Sacramento and now the Southern California regional office in Burbank.

I've going through the same thing. I bought my car from a dealer in Texas. It was registered there as a 2000 Ford. After DMV opened up I began my process. Taxes, fees, certificate of sequence, CHP inspection with a CA ID number, and all the forms. It was then I called for a BAR inspection. I got a "virtual" appointment by phone and was told to send in a list of materials first. That was back on August 31, 2020. After numerous calls and emails I still don't have an appointment. But I haven't been denied. I think much of this has come out of the Superformance Cobras. I'm told the same thing that's in the above communication, that Caterhams aren't really kit cars but made by a small volume manufacturer for which I disagree. I have the original invoice for my car that shows the components. It was bought from a former dealer in SoCal, Autocourse. The first owner was in Alabama, the second in Texas. So far DMV has been good in giving me temporary registrations, four so far. But the delay is with the BAR and CARB. Still waiting. BTW my car is the closest possible to a Series 3 Lotus 7 crossflow.