That is already being done. Mine was a $12 grand truck, we got for $6k, about what the lift gate was worth. Slightly less than the overhaul bill was for the engine.
This year, your work truck has to be a 2010 or newer. Next year it will have to be a 2012 or newer.
California has banned older trucks at the ports no matter where registered, and banned sale of NEW diesels, period, in 2036.
