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barnfind
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It has been on the go for a while actually, this one. FBHVC carried out a survey at the beginning of the year to test owners views and came out with a majority in favour. Since then though, some of the classic car press have been trying to stir up opinion against the decision, even though in many of the mainstream publications (and hence presumably their readership), their focus, by and large, is on much later cars.
The current MOT process is getting far too onerous for pre 60's cars, there aren't enough around to justify a two tier system and this measure, I think, aligns us with other countries in the EU.
The current MOT process is getting far too onerous for pre 60's cars, there aren't enough around to justify a two tier system and this measure, I think, aligns us with other countries in the EU.
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Apparently now most insurance companies have said they will only insure pre 1960 cars with a current mot, so much for that tit bit but you can see there point.
After all you can just imagine some one who is hard up buying an old flogged out pre 60s heap of crap as a cheap alternative to get to work with, desperate people and hard times springs to mind.
After all you can just imagine some one who is hard up buying an old flogged out pre 60s heap of crap as a cheap alternative to get to work with, desperate people and hard times springs to mind.
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In South Africa, once you have your roadworthy certificate, you never again have to have it done unless you want to sell your car. We bought a "72 Beetle in 1978 with a roadworthy and kept it for 30 years and sadly sold it 4 years ago when we came to France.
We sold it "as is" which means that the new owner had to get the roadworthy himself before he could transfer it into his name.
That's probably the reason why half the cars in SA shouldn't even be on the road.
We sold it "as is" which means that the new owner had to get the roadworthy himself before he could transfer it into his name.
That's probably the reason why half the cars in SA shouldn't even be on the road.
barnfind
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I don't think that is strictly true, although it was one of the alarms spread around when this originally was proposed. The onus has always been with the owner to ensure that his car is roadworthy, and as we all know, sometimes the MOT isn't worth the paper it is written on. Most of the insurance companies dealing in classic car insurance for this kind of car now say that they will be using their current assessment criteria, which will include, for example, photographic evidence for agreed value, and evidence of membership if an owners club, etc.