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(Message started by: rich1 on Apr 18^th, 2009, 11:15pm)

Title: classic
Post by rich1 on Apr 18^th, 2009, 11:15pm

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?

Title: Re: classic
Post by Highlander on Apr 18^th, 2009, 11:52pm

Bit of a grey area depending who and where you ask but classic is generally over 15 years, antique over 25

Title: Re: classic
Post by Jonnycab on Apr 20^th, 2009, 12:03am

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 :)

Title: Re: classic
Post by amigafan2003 on Apr 20^th, 2009, 1:21pm

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 :-(

Title: Re: classic
Post by pinto on Apr 20^th, 2009, 2:03pm

on 04/20/09 at 13:21:51, amigafan2003 wrote:

d**n the day they stopped it being a rolling date :-(

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 ;D

Title: Re: classic
Post by Highlander on Apr 21^st, 2009, 12:52am

on 04/20/09 at 13:21:51, amigafan2003 wrote:

According to the DVLA any car built prior to Jan 1 1973 is a "classic" and therefore RFL exempt.

they're a bit misleading with that though, according to that logic there will never be any more classic cars built after that date ;)

Title: Re: classic
Post by amigafan2003 on Apr 21^st, 2009, 10:38am

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

Exactly my point.

Title: Re: classic
Post by Scorpio_Mike on May 2^nd, 2009, 9:47pm

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 :)

Title: Re: classic
Post by Baz on May 2^nd, 2009, 9:59pm

My 42 year old Corsair has "Historic" as its class on the log book!!

Title: Re: classic
Post by Jonnycab on May 3^rd, 2009, 2:51am

on 05/02/09 at 21:59:07, Baz wrote:

My 42 year old Corsair has "Historic" as its class on the log book!!

Shouldn't it be in a museum then ? ;D