Where was the sticker put on the car in 1969

California inspection sticker? I have lived in SoCal my entire life and never saw a one. The only annual sticker we got was the license renewal sticker which went on the rear license plate.

alan

I'm also a California native, and as Alan said - there was no 'annual insteption' sticker for the window during any of the 'Camaro' years, with one exception ... ;)
During the late 60's and early 70's many Non-Pollution controlled vehicles ( usually vehicles not originally sold in the state or before they were required) there were several "Campaigns" introduced by the State Bureau of Auto Repair to install systems to control "NOX" output on these vehicles.
These 'NOX' kits usually consisted of plugs for the vacuum-advance on the distributor, covers (or other 'anti-tamper' methods such as funky "Green" silicone sealer ) to seal off the Idle-Circuit adjuster screws on the carb. and ... (wait for it) ... a conformance "Sticker" for the lower-left corner of the windshield! :yes:
These were small (@ 1" X 1 1/2") blue stickers with the state seal, BAR title and the wording 'NOX control system installed' on them.
There was also a small sticker to place on the speedo to warn the driver not to 'drive at high speeds for extended periods' as it may lead to engine overheating ...
A compliance sticker was also placed on the radiator support (over or near the factory 'tune-up' sticker) to warn of the modifications and advise the 'next-guy' working on it to not reset timing or idle mixture settings to original factory setting.

Soooo - if a car was imported to this state during that time period and the DMV decided it needed to be brought into compliance (went by area of the state it was registered in) then the above system would have been installed and there would be a sticker in the lower-left corner of the windshield - IF, you wanted to be 'period-correct' of course :D

Hope this helps;
John

ps: If you need one of those little stickers to improve the provinance of your car let me know, I just happen to know this 'olds-kool' mechanic that may have 'boot-legged' a few of them Back-in-the-day ;)

Ever seen one of these?
http://www.inspectionsticker.org/zen/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=362&zenid=c66eb9085f4ae327c11cfc2ccb713517

For the life of me, I can't ever remember a CHP inspection program for passenger cars. Is that for a commercial truck?

alan

Ever seen one of these? ...


Yup :yes:
Those were issued by the CHP themselves at 'Roadside' rolling inspection stations or CHP offices after a car that had failed a mechanical inspection was repaired and signed-off.
They used to have a program of these roadside inspections that would be set-up on secondary roads in various places. If you happened to drive by and the lane(s) were empty they would flag you over into the lane and do a roadside inspection of your major systems (lights, Brakes and Smog-stuff) on the spot.
If your vehicle failed the spot inspection you had "X" number of days to get it repaired (some things would get you towed-off of course).
Often folks would take it to a local Service Station (remember, there was one on every corner then :D ) immediately to get the failure fixed and then return to the lane to get it signed-off again the same day. If they did, the inspector would put that sticker inside the window to preovent you getting pulled into that, or another, inspection lane for the following year or so.
You could also take your car to the CHP office to get the failure signed off and they put the sticker on.
The officers on the street did not have the stickers, but they could sign-off the fix-it citation so you could mail it in - you just didn't get a sticker ...

I very seldom made it by those roadside checks without being pulled into a lane - they reserved a spot for folks like me :thumbsup:
I also scrapped the sticker off as soon as it was signed off - so that probably didn't help either.

They would not be a desired restoration "option" on a period car in JMHO's

There was also a small sticker to place on the speedo to warn the driver not to 'drive at high speeds for extended periods' as it may lead to engine overheating ...

Yup, the "NOX box" system completely disabled the vacuum advance, which resulted in retarding the timing 15* at cruise - not good for cooling. :noway: