We believe the distinction of 50 state / 49 state emissions legal began in the early 80's. However, you will not have a problem registering a 1976 out-of-state emission equipped vehicle in California so long as the vehicle has not had it's emission system(s) tampered with.
So long as this Triumph has all the emission parts which the manufacturer originally equipped the car with, you'll be able to get a California smog check and assuming it passes the emission portion of the test, register it in California.
posted by SmogTips Support