You can register in CA, but you can't get license tabs for street use if it doesn't pass smog. I have a 1981 GTS and couldn't register it in CA because of lack of smog equipment, aka it has zero. I'm a dual resident(CA & WA) so I registered mine in WA state, no smog. Best of luck, they are sticklers!!
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