Historic rego

[wbute]

I agree that a drivers record should determine the third party personal price. Age also needs to be taken into account. Which means with all my speeding fines I would still pay through the nose.

[wbute]

Too much restriction for me. Only driving to and from club events?

[Dr Terry]

Too much restriction for me. Only driving to and from club events?

Yes, but what is a club event ? As long as it's listed in your club magazine, it's a club event.

What we do is use the CMC calendar of events, because we are affiliated with them. We reprint that on the events page in our magazine. This includes all relevant swap meets etc. plus you then add any event that your own club organizes & that gives you plenty of scope. As far as the club is concerned if it's on the list, then our members can attend it.

All the big swap meets & shows are automatically included because they're on the CMC list, this means you can legally drive your car to any of these events. I think it's pretty simple really, if you want to drive your car to the XYZ car show, just make sure it's listed in your club magazine.

Dr Terry

[Alien DNA]

The talk of historic rego from the 'Central NSW van club' thread is now here.....

[Dick61]

Well that makes it a modified car. A bit like a dealer-fitted V8 in an LJ Torana, Most of the conversion is bolt in, but what about the gearbox rear crossmember, if you're using the EH gearbox. That would need engineering approval. There are guys over on oldholden (I know, I know), who believe that they are a real production thing. Dr Terry

There are a lot of myths perpetuated by bogans about Holdens or for any make of car for that matter. Sometimes the cause can be as innocent as a typo or error that is not picked up by the proof reader of a book on the subject. One such point in case, is the error on page 33 of your own book Dr Terry. I have had EH's and EJ's, and all of the EJ's had red engines in them. Today you would need an engineers certificate to register them but in the 70's and 80's an early Holden with a red in it was very common. Twin carbs on an early Holden grey engine were quite common in the 60's and there were a lot of companies that produced manifolds. I would like to have an FB ute like my Grandfather's and have it decked out with twin carbs, alloy rocker cover, and floor shift, all of these would be Lanspeed products which were produced by my Father in the early 60's. You would very hard pressed to convince me that these are "modifications" and not "accessories". Twin carbs and extractors on a grey produce more of a visual and aural effect than a performance one.

[Dr Terry]

There are a lot of myths perpetuated by bogans about Holdens or for any make of car for that matter. Sometimes the cause can be as innocent as a typo or error that is not picked up by the proof reader of a book on the subject. One such point in case, is the error on page 33 of your own book Dr Terry. I have had EH's and EJ's, and all of the EJ's had red engines in them. Today you would need an engineers certificate to register them but in the 70's and 80's an early Holden with a red in it was very common. Twin carbs on an early Holden grey engine were quite common in the 60's and there were a lot of companies that produced manifolds. I would like to have an FB ute like my Grandfather's and have it decked out with twin carbs, alloy rocker cover, and floor shift, all of these would be Lanspeed products which were produced by my Father in the early 60's. You would very hard pressed to convince me that these are "modifications" and not "accessories". Twin carbs and extractors on a grey produce more of a visual and aural effect than a performance one.

Yes, as I said when does an accessory become a modification ? That debate could go on forever.

Multiple carburettors are a bit like the wide alloys & dumped suspension I referred to in an earlier post. They were very common in the day & were also technically illegal in the day. I have been the proud recipient of more than one canary in my time.

There are rules on carbies & there are rules on wheels & suspension. Most of these rules have been around essentially unchanged, since the late 60s (some probably earlier). If something is illegal today, it was most likely illegal back then too. Just because something was commonplace doesn't make legal.

BTW, I have a list of typos & errors in my book, but nothing on page 33. You are talking about the 60 Years of Holden book, aren't you ? On that subject I am always interested to hear of errors or omissions in my book. If you know of any more please pass them on.

Dr Terry.

[wbute]

The Internet is shocking for myths. In the last week we have had the Magnum ute one re-hashed and we have an interior colour discussion going again which unfortunately would have been discussed years ago on here and already solved. The Internet is worse for car miss-information than the pub. Once it's printed it seems to be accepted as truth.

[Valencia]

I thought the whole point of forums so we can find out info on these great cars
sorry if i asked to many interior questions just trying to get it right is there any harm in asking NO
sheesh

[wbute]

No I mean that this has been discussed on here before. I don't have the answers but I wish that they had been kept in an area where they could be found. Rather than going through the whole process again and maybe coming up with a different combination of answers. That's where the mistakes can occur. You need to ask the questions!
Something like trim combinations is a major part of a resto.

[wbute]

You can't find things easily. They might have been three pages into a thread titled How long is a piece of string. Never to be found again.