classic cars for weddings??

"Grumpy au Contraire" > wrote in message
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> "G.R. Patterson III" wrote:
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> > Grumpy au Contraire wrote:
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> > > Maybe becuase the "classic" car period covered from about 1925 to
> > > 1947... but mostly pre-war...
> >
> > In the States, any car over 20 years old is a classic. Any car over 30
years
> > old is an antique.
> >
> > George Patterson
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> Really? By WHOSE definition??
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>
> --
> JT
>
> Just tooling through cyberspace in my ancient G4


Lets get back to the original request is there anyone out there who can
assist Jessica with a wedding car?

Grumpy au Contraire wrote:
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> Really? By WHOSE definition??

The license departments of all 50 States.

George Patterson
To a pilot, altitude is like money - it is possible that having too much
could prove embarassing, but having too little is always fatal.

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 19:48:50 -0400, "G.R. Patterson III"
> wrote:

>Grumpy au Contraire wrote:
>>
>> Really? By WHOSE definition??
>
>The license departments of all 50 States.

Not sure if it's *all* 50, but for licensing and annual (MOT style)
inspection, then 20 and 30 years are cut-off points in most states,
but only if you buy the appropriate registration and license plate.
There's usually a drawback in that you get reduced or no inspections
but there are limits on how much you can have the car on the road -
typically only one day a week.

I've had several cars in the USA that were eligible for 'classic' and
'antique' tags, but I always chose to go the full license plate route
with them, first because I take care of them so they will always pass
inspections anyway, and second, I want to drive them when *I* want to,
not necessarily just one day a week. This summer just gone, I sold a
1972 Chevelle SS convertible that I'd owned for 8 or 9 years. It
never had classic/antique tags while I owned it - to me they don't
look right on a car that's meant to be driven very fast (albeit only
in straight lines). The buyer is a Chevelle freak, you can see his
other Chevelles as well as the one I just sold him at:

http://www.71protouringchevelle.com/

and

http://www.72chevelless.com/

My old one is linked towards the bottom of both these pages.

Think of it this way, 'classic' and 'antique' are simply labels on US
license plates that denote inspection and use requirements. That's
all it means.
--
Dan Drake

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote:
>
> Grumpy au Contraire wrote:
> >
> > Really? By WHOSE definition??
>
> The license departments of all 50 States.
>
> George Patterson
>


Great... Take the word of a politico over that of an "authority."
Welcome to the mooing masses of sheeple...



--
JT

Just tooling through cyberspace in my ancient G4

Dan Drake wrote:
>
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 19:48:50 -0400, "G.R. Patterson III"
> > wrote:
>
> >Grumpy au Contraire wrote:
> >>
> >> Really? By WHOSE definition??
> >
> >The license departments of all 50 States.
>
> Not sure if it's *all* 50, but for licensing and annual (MOT style)
> inspection, then 20 and 30 years are cut-off points in most states,
> but only if you buy the appropriate registration and license plate.
> There's usually a drawback in that you get reduced or no inspections
> but there are limits on how much you can have the car on the road -
> typically only one day a week.
>
> I've had several cars in the USA that were eligible for 'classic' and
> 'antique' tags, but I always chose to go the full license plate route
> with them, first because I take care of them so they will always pass
> inspections anyway, and second, I want to drive them when *I* want to,
> not necessarily just one day a week. This summer just gone, I sold a
> 1972 Chevelle SS convertible that I'd owned for 8 or 9 years. It
> never had classic/antique tags while I owned it - to me they don't
> look right on a car that's meant to be driven very fast (albeit only
> in straight lines). The buyer is a Chevelle freak, you can see his
> other Chevelles as well as the one I just sold him at:
>
> http://www.71protouringchevelle.com/
>
> and
>
> http://www.72chevelless.com/
>
> My old one is linked towards the bottom of both these pages.
>
> Think of it this way, 'classic' and 'antique' are simply labels on US
> license plates that denote inspection and use requirements. That's
> all it means.
> --
> Dan Drake



Exactly. The guv'ment designations have no weight when it comes to genre.

In Texas, everything over twenty-five years can qualify for an antique
plate with the accompanying restrictions. However, if one wishes to
drive his antique car on a daily basis he can get a "classic" tag which
must be attached to a year of manufacture plates that were previously
been approved by TXDOT.

"Classic" in the real sense represents a period of manufacture generally
accepted from 1925 to 1947. I didn't make these rules, but a qualified
body did and it is accepted universally.

Then again, it is a scary thought that a Gremlin is a bonafide antique...

<shudder>


--
JT

Just tooling through cyberspace in my ancient G4

Grumpy au Contraire > wrote in message
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>
> "Classic" in the real sense represents a period of manufacture generally
> accepted from 1925 to 1947. I didn't make these rules, but a qualified
> body did and it is accepted universally.

I am intrigued by this "Qualified body" which has managed to end the long
running debate on what is, and what isn't a classic car. Can you point me to
where I can access the document which lays down this definition?
Thank you,
Bill Davies.

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PO Box 1232
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http://www.rarebits4classics.co.uk

Dan Drake ) writes:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 19:48:50 -0400, "G.R. Patterson III"
> > wrote:
>
>>Grumpy au Contraire wrote:
>>>
>>> Really? By WHOSE definition??
>>
>>The license departments of all 50 States.
>
> Not sure if it's *all* 50, but for licensing and annual (MOT style)
> inspection, then 20 and 30 years are cut-off points in most states,
> but only if you buy the appropriate registration and license plate.
> There's usually a drawback in that you get reduced or no inspections
> but there are limits on how much you can have the car on the road -
> typically only one day a week.

I live in British Columbia and have 'collector' plates on my
'68 Montego. There's no advantage to them except the insurance
costs $125 a year rather than upwards of $500, and the only
use limitation is that I'm not allowed to drive it to work. I
may keep my collector plates as long as I have another vehicle
registered with regular plates presumably for routine transport...

Last Summer I parked my 'regular' car in the garage where the
Mercury's usually parked and made a 7500 mile road trip...


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Victoria Taxi#15 have been trained in the art of pleasin' men.
Be lonely no more, open destiny's door. For one dollar they'll arrange
a meeting.' -Bonzo Dog Band/Lookout there's a monster coming

William Davies ) gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying :

>> "Classic" in the real sense represents a period of manufacture
>> generally accepted from 1925 to 1947. I didn't make these rules, but
>> a qualified body did and it is accepted universally.

> I am intrigued by this "Qualified body" which has managed to end the
> long running debate on what is, and what isn't a classic car. Can you
> point me to where I can access the document which lays down this
> definition?

Previously in this thread...
http://snurl.com/qpm

Adrian > wrote in message
. 1.4...
> William Davies ) gurgled happily,
>
> > I am intrigued by this "Qualified body" which has managed to end the
> > long running debate on what is, and what isn't a classic car. Can you
> > point me to where I can access the document which lays down this
> > definition?
>
> Previously in this thread...
> http://snurl.com/qpm

Thanks Adrian, I assumed the reference was to a qualified body here in the
UK rather than the CCCA. American terminology is substantially differnt to
that used in the UK, hence our definitions of Vintage, Veteran etc. so as I
suspected it's completely irrelevant in my own terms of reference. I'd not
noticed the global cross posting and had assumed that the discussion was
confined to a UK based group.
Cheers,
Bill.

--
Rarebits4classics
.......just what you've been looking for

PO Box 1232
Calne
Wiltshire
SN11 8WA
United Kingdom
http://www.rarebits4classics.co.uk

Grumpy au Contraire wrote:
>
> "Classic" in the real sense represents a period of manufacture generally
> accepted from 1925 to 1947. I didn't make these rules, but a qualified
> body did and it is accepted universally.

So a pivate collector's club makes up entry conditions and you regard those as
rules made by a qualified body? That definition is certainly NOT universally
accepted.

In my opinion, anyone who argues that a '65 GTO is *not* a classic has a bad
case of rectal vision.

George Patterson
You can dress a hog in a tuxedo, but he still wants to roll in the mud.