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rich1
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was talking with my old man yesterday about classic cars , and was wondering when / how / who decides when a certain car become classed as a classic ? is it an age thing?
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Highlander
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Re: classic
« Reply #1 on: Apr 18th, 2009, 11:52pm » |
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Bit of a grey area depending who and where you ask but classic is generally over 15 years, antique over 25
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Jonnycab
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Re: classic
« Reply #2 on: Apr 20th, 2009, 12:03am » |
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It used to be that a car couldn't be considered a classic unless in was at least 20 years old, but nowadays some insurance companies will give classic insurance at 15 years  ..........that means a 94 Scorp, later this year, may well be eligible for classic car status & insurance
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amigafan2003
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Re: classic
« Reply #3 on: Apr 20th, 2009, 1:21pm » |
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According to the DVLA any car built prior to Jan 1 1973 is a "classic" and therefore RFL exempt.
d**n the day they stopped it being a rolling date 
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pinto
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Re: classic
« Reply #4 on: Apr 20th, 2009, 2:03pm » |
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on Apr 20th, 2009, 1:21pm, amigafan2003 wrote:
d**n the day they stopped it being a rolling date |
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Cheer the day that gordo is swept into the trash by the tories then - they're re-instating it
Be a looooooooooong time before any scorps hit tax exemption tho lol - although it does mean a large chunk of my fleet will become exempt..... oh happy (for a CHANGE) day 
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Highlander
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Re: classic
« Reply #5 on: Apr 21st, 2009, 12:52am » |
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on Apr 20th, 2009, 1:21pm, amigafan2003 wrote:| According to the DVLA any car built prior to Jan 1 1973 is a "classic" and therefore RFL exempt. |
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they're a bit misleading with that though, according to that logic there will never be any more classic cars built after that date 
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amigafan2003
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Re: classic
« Reply #6 on: Apr 21st, 2009, 10:38am » |
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Quote:| they're a bit misleading with that though, according to that logic there will never be any more classic cars built after that date Wink |
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Exactly my point.
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Scorpio_Mike
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Re: classic
« Reply #7 on: May 2nd, 2009, 9:47pm » |
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Bought a Sierra XR4x4 a couple of weeks ago - 1986 'vintage' so 23 years old - insurance came in at £102 for fully comp with 3000 mile annual limit - not bad for something with a 2.8i V6
Definately agree with the re-instatement of free RFL for anything over 25yrs old, especially as my other Sierra is now 25yrs old
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Baz
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Re: classic
« Reply #8 on: May 2nd, 2009, 9:59pm » |
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My 42 year old Corsair has "Historic" as its class on the log book!!
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Jonnycab
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Re: classic
« Reply #9 on: May 3rd, 2009, 2:51am » |
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on May 2nd, 2009, 9:59pm, Baz wrote:| My 42 year old Corsair has "Historic" as its class on the log book!! |
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Shouldn't it be in a museum then ?
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