Hi modifiers. A couple of subjects this month.
The DVLA consultation on historic cars ended on 5 July and the final report with recommendations has been completed. It now awaits the judgement of ministers. To recap, some of the contentious postulations were revised definition of modifications that would potentially disqualify vehicles from being considered historically authentic and the establishment of a separate series of registration numbers for re-registering historic vehicles.
The FBHVC (Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs), which represents many car clubs, published their detailed responses in a positioning statement, as did Goodwood. PCGB has recently re-joined FBHVC and submitted the Club’s response. When writing this it had not been published but, hopefully, will be posted on the Forum.
Apropos historic cars, there was a recreation of a 1954 Bristol 450 Le Mans car at Thruxton last week. Ralph reports:
“My interest was piqued on seeing the car because I had a Dinky toy of this as a kid many moons ago.
Ralph was given a passenger ride in a 1954 Bristol 450 Le Mans car at Thruxton
“It was built on a 406 chassis with a six-cylinder engine mated to a gearbox with overdrive, which the race cars lacked. The body was formed in aluminium on a buck created with modern scanning techniques. The paint colour was scanned and mixed to match the original ‘Grass Green’. The owner was happy to talk about the car and give me a passenger ride. There were so many sensations going round at a good pace and the contrast when I had the owner as a passenger in my GT4 was huge, the latter ride being comparatively so easy.
The contrast when Ralph had the owner as a passenger in his GT4 was huge
“So how should be the DLVA classify thiscar build with meticulous care to recreate as far as possible the originals, which no longer exist?”
The history of the car was covered in the article: HERE.
Happy modifying,
Des, Ralph and Ollie