By Jeffrey B. Aronson
The required automobile inspection – an annual ritual in most states – invokes all the fear of your significant other telling you, “We need to talk.” When your Land Rover is 42 years old, the mechanic can always find something to discuss.
The requirements vary from state to state, and even within states, but generally speaking, 19 states require inspection for safety, and another 11 test for emissions levels in certain regions. In Maine, the testing is for required accessories [wipers, lights, directional signals, horn] and for safety [brakes, rust holes in floors or sills, front end, tire tread depth], and in one county, emission levels keyed to the date of manufacture. For Series Land Rovers and early Range Rovers Maine offers an exemption; if you register your car as an antique.
_______ ________
Richard Sammons is an architect in New York City who specializes in houses that do not look like glass pyramids or airline terminals, but like, well, houses. (…)

Read on »