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Classic Cars
8 July 2008, 3:57 PM

nastymeanoldman
Joined 26 Jun 2008
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Can anyone tell me when does a car become a classic, what constitutes a classic car? Is it the age of the car, what happens about road tax and insurance?

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8 July 2008, 6:55 PM

bas saph
Joined 20 Dec 2007
1343 posts

beleive its been cut off as such now. Think pre 76 for road tax. Insurance have their own rules depending on the company. Think its 25 years as a general classification. Sometimes it just depends how many are left. Go ON DVLA SITE TO FIND OUT ABOUT ROAD TAX. SHOULD tell you their for sure. If its for insurance your have to ring round.

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9 July 2008, 12:31 PM

fasty
Joined 27 Jun 2007
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unless its already got classic status you cannot get it anymore used to be after 25 years buy they killed it lets face it if they can make money out of you they will

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9 July 2008, 11:18 PM

Al's Pug
Joined 7 Feb 2005
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the 'Free' road tax is only applicable to vehicles manufactured before 1st Jan 1973.

Ie half way through the 'L' reg suffix.

Classic car status is ambigous....... there are a lot of suggested definitions. (see the Practicl Classics Magazine letters pages, they have been trying to determine this for the last 25 years!)

It would be hard to put an age on a classic,
some say pre 73 because of the tax, others because there is an owners club, there are also moden classics, some manufacturers where there entire production could be concidered as classics (Morgan, Bristol etc)
More moden mass produced cars would include the GM Calibra, Ford Cougar, Jaguar S type and even the Hyundai Coupe is destained to enter this class aswell as the MB SLK .

lots to think about here

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10 July 2008, 8:20 AM

bas saph
Joined 20 Dec 2007
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only three years out lol not bad for a young one

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10 July 2008, 4:49 PM

nastymeanoldman
Joined 26 Jun 2008
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Hi thanks to everyone who replied. Dvla states that there is no tax exemption on cars over 25 years, the car must have been regisered before 01/01/1973 and is then classed as a historic car and is exemt from road tax. Never mind our George, (my wife calls him that) is a classic to us at 19 years of age.

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11 July 2008, 8:10 AM

bas saph
Joined 20 Dec 2007
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what is goerge ?

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13 July 2008, 8:16 PM

L.B.
Joined 5 Dec 2005
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Al is right, anything from about feb 1973 on is taxable, before that the tax is free although you still have to apply for and actually display a tax disc on your windscreen but it says "NIL" on it on the amount part.
I reckon this year thing should be moved forward at least say about ....1980 -82 ish
Anyway AL A JAGUAR S TYPE !!! a classic, jeez thats a scary thought !

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13 July 2008, 9:59 PM

Al's Pug
Joined 7 Feb 2005
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hi LB

they said that about the Allegro, Marina and the Wedgie Princess 15 years ago! There is even an owners club for the Montego now!

Al

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20 July 2008, 5:14 PM

L.B.
Joined 5 Dec 2005
3097 posts

Just noticed this post as was away for a few days twice.
I had a wedge many years ago and the boot in it was cavernous and it was very good on fuel considering the size of the car.
Yep a piece of cheese got me about for a few months.
There's also a maxi club as well for all these lunatics/ahem enthusiasts lol !

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20 July 2008, 10:13 PM

bas saph
Joined 20 Dec 2007
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just got offered a maestro yesterday £200 with some mot, third party told me its in good condition. my reply "What the rust hasnt fallen of yet then" lol

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20 July 2008, 11:42 PM

fasty
Joined 27 Jun 2007
1040 posts

and no dodgy gearbox?

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21 July 2008, 8:25 AM

bas saph
Joined 20 Dec 2007
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apparently not lol

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