Historic rego

[Innuendo]

Personally I don't like "club registration" because I don't really like to get into club politics.
I also despise the ugly historic number plates. But putting that aside. What if you were to have say a FC Holden 100% stock to look at yet if legally fitted with a 186 Red motor with triple down draft strombergs and extractors that was approved with an engineers report. Would that qualify? If that does, what then of the same car with widened steel wheels and low back bucket seats that have also been approved and are part of the engineers report?

[Taily]

Personally I don't like "club registration" because I don't really like to get into club politics.
I also despise the ugly historic number plates. But putting that aside. What if you were to have say a FC Holden 100% stock to look at yet if legally fitted with a 186 Red motor with triple down draft strombergs and extractors that was approved with an engineers report. Would that qualify? If that does, what then of the same car with widened steel wheels and low back bucket seats that have also been approved and are part of the engineers report?

That (to me) is the best case I've seen put together for a new type of "limited use" registration. To me "Historic" registration should be for what it really was designed for - that is a relatively period correct standard vehicle. My HJ ute when finished will fit straight into "H" rego as it will be a standard vehicle re-furb (standard interior, standard external looking paint - albeit in two pack but will look like an acryllic job, standard N66 wheels/redwalls etc. However the moment I pull the standard 308 out, slip her under the bench for a standard rebuild and the put the cranky injected stroker/2800 rev stally in, then to me the ute loses its historic significance and becomes more aligned with the street machine type of limited usage even though there is no external change to the exterior of the vehicle. Well, apart from the custom exhaust I would have to get made...

What we would have to achieve is to get a unified front and criteria for just what constitutes "Limited Use" and what happens when this usage criteria is exceeded?

[Dr Terry]

Personally I don't like "club registration" because I don't really like to get into club politics.
I also despise the ugly historic number plates. But putting that aside. What if you were to have say a FC Holden 100% stock to look at yet if legally fitted with a 186 Red motor with triple down draft strombergs and extractors that was approved with an engineers report. Would that qualify? If that does, what then of the same car with widened steel wheels and low back bucket seats that have also been approved and are part of the engineers report?

It's not 'club registration' it's historic concessional registration & you don't need to get into club politics, you just talk to the club person concerned, usually the registrar. These guys aren't aliens, mostly they're car guys like you & me. As I said, if the particular club that you've contacted doesn't suit you, find one that does. There is good, bad & mediocre in everything & car clubs are no exceptions.

None of what you describe is eligible for historic rego, which is why a type of modified car limited-use concessional scheme has been mooted. However I think we are a while away from that, given what I mentioned above.

I agree that the number plates are not the best looking around, but they are a compromise. When they were first designed, the Corvette guys & others wanted a smaller plate & a committee (you know how 'committees' are !!) came up with this design.

For $60 per year for rego, instead of $1,000+ (Sydney prices) I don't give a flying how fugly the number plates are. I've got 8 cars on H plates so I'm saving heaps of $$$.

Dr Terry