California smog check exemption of pre-'73 vehicles

[bob prohaska <bob@domain.elided>]

Hi all,

Guess I get the prize for gun-jumping. My '72 Scout II is due for
registration in February. After reading the discussion about
exempting pre-'73 vehicles from Califonria's Smog Check program
and checking both the forms and the smogcheck website
I blithely mailed in my renewal about December first. DMV responded
with a demand for a smog certificate. 

A _very_ close reading of the website, followed by a call to DMV,
revealed that I should have waited till January 2, then sent in 
the renewal. 

At this point I have a Notice of Incomplete Renewal, does anybody
know of a way out? I asked if I could back out the renewal request
and was told, in a weasely way, no. 

Thanks for reading!

bob