Re: scrapping old cars (archive)

It doesn't seem that threatening to me, only if the cars fall in the hands of a non profit org. can they turn in more than 1 per year, also knowing what cheapskates our government is when it comes to handing out money, I doubt the incentive they offer would exceed the scrap value for classic cars, also the cars must be running and registered. I think this law will only eliminate '70s and '80s GM and Ford POSs.

(c) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA- The Secretary shall approve a State plan and provide the funds under subsection (d), if the State plan--

(1) requires that all passenger automobiles and light-duty trucks turned in be scrapped;

(2) requires that all passenger automobiles and light-duty trucks turned in be currently registered in the State in order to be eligible;

(3) requires that all passenger automobiles and light-duty trucks turned in be operational at the time that they are turned in;

(4) restricts automobile owners (except not-for-profit organizations) from turning in more than one passenger automobile and one light-duty truck in a 12-month period;

(5) provides an appropriate payment to the person recycling the scrapped passenger
automobile or light-duty truck for each turned-in passenger automobile or light-duty truck;

(6) provides a minimum payment to the automobile owner for each passenger automobile and light-duty truck turned in; and

(7) provides, in addition to the payment under paragraph (6), an additional credit that may be redeemed by the owner of the turned-in passenger automobile or light-duty truck at the time of purchase of new fuel-efficient automobile.

Check out S.1766 at The Congress

This is the Energy Policy Act of 2002. Specifically see

DIVISION C--DIVERSIFYING ENERGY DEMAND AND IMPROVING EFFICIENCY

TITLE VIII--FUELS AND VEHICLES

Subtitle A--Increased Vehicle Fuel Efficiency

SEC. 803. ASSISTANCE FOR STATE PROGRAMS TO RETIRE FUEL-INEFFICIENT MOTOR VEHICLES.

This increases the incentives to scrap cars made more than 15 years ago.

Would this make it harder for us to maintain our older cars? Would pick-a-part type junkyards ("used part recyclers") be more eager to crush them, than to make them available for us to glean NLA parts? Would parts vendors (both OE and aftermarket) be less eager to manufacture and sell parts for our cars?

Some classic car clubs (e.g. my uncle with his 57 Ford Skyliner Retractable Hardtop) are getting pretty worked up over this. Should we?
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Bob Sutterfield
'87 E30 325iS http://bmwe30.net #1129
'88 E28 535iS http://m535i.org #154
BMWCCA #169277 Rocky Mountain Chapter

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