Do most people actually have to have fucking emission regulations? Here in buttfuck i

>400
God i want one in my truck so bad. My uncle has had one sitting for years. Thread picture is the truck it'd be going in.

I always wondered about CA because they have really strict smog laws but i see videos of modified cars speeding around there

>live in florida
>no emissions regs
>drive around with my guzzler 460 with no cats
feels gud

Emissions in PA is on a county-by-county basis I believe. Then again, those parts of PA are more akin to being dropped straight into Deliverance.

:))

> want a square body
> family would criticize me because I want to own a vehicle that I would actually love to drive that is old as balls
> plus I have never done anything to my 02 legacy besides oil changes

It hurts, man. In Iowa there's no smog laws as well and mostly everyone here still drives 90s chevy trucks, some square bodies in 80s even.

I just want a 80s square body that is 5 speed and v8.

I am seriously tempted to buy one of these despite having no use for it what so ever. Are they really that good? Fairly reliable?

I'm in the UK so it is a bit of a commitment to get one.

Gorgeous square man.

In my area, 25 years and older doesn't have to do emissions, and depending on your county/city you don't have to do emissions period.

As long as they're not molested, yes. Parts are easy and cheap to come by, the post-78 ones don't rust as badly as the earlier ones, and even when shit does break or go wrong they're simple as hell to work on. The worst things about them are rust and previous owner fuckery, cab corners, floor pans, rockers and pinch welds on the front/rear windows are notoriously rotten depending on where the truck came from.

Fuck what your family or friends think man, buy what you want, that's what I did. Family bitched and whined at me to just go buy an old Honda at a buy-here-pay-here type lot or lease something new so I can be raped by a dealership, spent a month looking until I found mine for sale.

>81 GMC shortbox with garbage 305/TH350c
>~178k miles when I bought it

Guy wanted $3500, got him down to $3000, was a little overpriced given the condition but it's a relatively straight truck. Kick panels, rockers, drivers cab corner, and floor pans need to be replaced, was a California truck but been in WA for over 30 years. Paint is total shit, but frame is straight and the interior was sorta redone.

>swapped the 305 out and put in a crate 350
>rebuilt trans
>replaced front calipers/lines/brake booster/master cylinder
>everything under hood is new besides the power steering pump

Just hit 230,000 on the body today, wouldn't trade it for anything else.

/blogpost

>UK
>drive rx7
>no EGR
>all cats removed
>premix
>rich as fuck on overrun for muh flames
>never bother with an MOT (vehicle inspection/emissions test)
>dumping unburnt oil and fuel for shits and giggles

>400cid
>big block
Nope.