Practically Classics Forum

Two examples of vehicles that Siim Kallas (Vice president of the European Commission for Transport) has singled out as not being eligible to be classed by the new EU Regulation as Historic vehicles due to modifications... apparently their Historical value should have been preserved!... 1931 Riley 6 ...

I had a short correspondence with Odgie when he was AWoL Editor. Nice bloke. What's he up to now? http://www.odgie.com/ Check out his website, hes building four wheeled stuff as well now! And while were talking personal webpages, heres mine... http://homepage.ntlworld.com/derek.nicol/ You can see w...

Maaarrghk wrote:Were you also perchance an AWoLly before its sad demise?

No, im an MCC member and do Bike Rallies but ive never really been into custom bikes, i do however know Odgie.
There was one AWOL project bike that took my fancy though - 'Gnosis' - not your usual V-Twin powered custom.

I e-mailed Paddy Tyson, MAG's campaigns guru the other day suggesting liason with all concerned parties in the classic and modified car world, as I'm sure there is plenty of common ground to be found here. :shock: How Bizare! i couldnt quite believe what i was reading there! Ive been having exactly...

treat with caution any attempt by politicians to whip up anti-EU sentiment :D Too late! im already there :lol: ive been looking forward to the day the EU implodes since black wednesday 20 years ago. I take your point however. That said, what concerns me is that the EU will stitch us up with unneces...

Hi Suffolkpete I dont know if anyone truely knows for certain where this will all end up, i hope that you are right and its all just scaremongering. On the other hand i have a deep distrust of the European Union. Re this being just a directive for member states to decide upon as they choose... what ...

One month gone, 10,000 signatures.

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/37784

Two months to go.

suffolkpete wrote:If it outlaws this sort of contraption then I'm all for it

Rat Rods are not to everyones taste but to be fair you cant tell the quality of the engineering beneath the skin from looking at the exterior.
Some are good, some not so good.

Its finally made the National News...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... rules.html

Re: European Union Roadworthiness Testing proposal - I quote from the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs website... The draft of the new Directive has implications for all motorists, not just historic vehicle owners. Amongst other things, the draft requires tests to make reference to a veh...