Re: Our Hobby Threatened Again by Scrappage

[Jimmy Peavy <peaver63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Summit racing had a similar posting with a website to yoice concerns to.
Only takes a minute to respond, with a pre-dictated response.
http://speaker.house.gov/contact/ 
<http://email.e-mailnetworks.com/ct/3856825:1718512405:m:1:107564924:E5EBA2592F11DB3FD2C4D02B9517EB7F>

    Jimmy

Gary H. wrote:

>Hi all,
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>Only on rare and special occasions do I point out things that are politically tinged but still Mopar related. In this case our hobby is again at immediate risk to short-sighted legislation that simple-mindedly equates "old" with "polluter" and ignores the 99.9% daily driver fleet; any one of which badly maintained belch far more emissions than a max wedge.
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>The "2009 Economic Stimulus Package" has an orientation that 'appears to be more like â??get the older cars off of the roadâ?? rather than to repair them to be emissions-complaint. That â??old carsâ?? are a main contributor to air quality issues, rather than â??poorly-maintainedâ?? vehicles in general. That these allegedly offending older vehicles should be arbitrarily crushed and gone forever . . .which would have a negative impact upon the vintage vehicle hobby with little real improvement in air quality or decreased use of foreign petroleum.'
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>I like to see our 1962 to 1965 Mopars in museums; but seeing them run on the road and track is important as well. Without parts or parts cars guess what will be the fate of our Mopars. 
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>Contact your elected officials now. The legislative rush is on, so e-mails and phone calls are the only way to act effectively. The links and full details are online at this page:
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>http://www.houstonmopars.org/scrappage-alert-2009.html
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>Thanks,
>Gary H. 
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