> with no political down side. I urge all of you to start takeing your
> vehicles to classic car meets.
It never occured to me that the MV collectors in the US weren't allied
to the "vintage" movement!
This is where I fit in. When the nearest MV club is 5 hours driving
distance away from you and you need to be in a club to get the club
"plates" (historic/vintage/veteran road registration at much cheaper
rate) then the "vintage movement" is the logical (only) choice.
They do tend to raise their eyebrows, but have always readily enough
accepted the idea. This group of collectors is so big that they usually
have sub groups, so if you own something powered by, say, a GM engine,
but built by a specialist company that only supplies the military, then
you make yourself known to the GM product collectors.
As an example, my M8 Greyhound is a Ford product with a Hercules engine,
so I just let it be known (eg. sign on the front) that it is a Ford, it
makes a real difference to the level of curiosity.
Likewise my Ferret, it is a Daimler product with a Rolls Royce motor,
mention the brand of the motor and suddenly you have a group of people
wanting to see it. The novelty factor gets them every time.
I find the vehicle collectors look at the engine/motor first, then at
the rest of the vehicle.
The average member of the public looks at the vehicle first,
then might look at the motor if at all.
Regards
Doug
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