Club permit scheme

[iva bigan]

That car belongs to Rod Hadfield http://youtu.be/mlaIoLKRInc
So you could assume it has been built better than some of the Cobras that have been built by mechanically challenged individuals in the past .


Iva Bigan

[Ron61]

I must not be understanding this correctly. Are you saying that in some places a car club can do inspections and issue plates that you can drive on public highways and roads with? If that is the case, it would not work here at all. All vehicles, no matter what they are have to be insured and registered by the state before they can be driven on a public street. The car clubs here can issue plaques which a person can have on their vehicles, but the plaques are in addition to the state issued registration. We can get a temporary permit which is good for a set number of days to take a car to a show or have it inspected but that is it.

Ron

[Russell9318]

Originally Posted by iva bigan

That car belongs to Rod Hadfield http://youtu.be/mlaIoLKRInc
So you could assume it has been built better than some of the Cobras that have been built by mechanically challenged individuals in the past .


Iva Bigan

Rod Hadfield was a legend from when I first started modifying cars in 1969. This guy is the Holy Grail though I do believe we were putting HR Holden disc brake front ends and steering into FX-FJ Holdens before anyone had even thought of it.

Rod has built so many wild and wonderful cars from SBC into '48 Anglia called RedBack right through to twin 671 blown BBC T-Bucket, SBC into FB Holden wagon and all the projects built by Castlemaine Rod Shop which are too numerous to mention.

I do not believe that car is legally registered and Rod would not have gone that way. If I am wrong, I stand corrected but Castlemaine Rod Shop was hot on what was right and what was wrong.

Last time I spoke with Rod, he was building salt flat racers and off to Utah Salt Flats, that was quite a while ago.

[Modena]

On the other hand, the Merlin powered 55 Chev that Hadfield built, is registered.

[Dimis]

Originally Posted by Ron61

I must not be understanding this correctly. Are you saying that in some places a car club can do inspections and issue plates that you can drive on public highways and roads with? If that is the case, it would not work here at all. All vehicles, no matter what they are have to be insured and registered by the state before they can be driven on a public street. The car clubs here can issue plaques which a person can have on their vehicles, but the plaques are in addition to the state issued registration. We can get a temporary permit which is good for a set number of days to take a car to a show or have it inspected but that is it.

Ron

Hi there Ron,

To put it as simple as possible.

All licences Plates are issued by the state (club plates included).
Clubs do sign off that the application verifying to the state that the applicant is a member, and that the car meets the club's requirements. But more importantly the cars need to also be signed off as ROADWORTHY. Only a state registered body can issue this roadworthy certificate.

I'd suggest the pic of the vehicle above is NOT of a roadworthy vehicle - I'll bet there's little to NO CHANCE those tyres are either DOT approved or road worthy.

[boxhead]

The laws in Victoria changed Feb 1st.
In the past a roadworthy certificate was not required.
Now a yearly roadworthy inspection is required (this has always been a requirement in NT).
The Vic gov are trying to weed out the obvious wrong doers.
But there are also a lot of small clubs who just happen to have a licensed roadworthy inspector in the club, so the chance is still there of wrong being done, but it risks a heavy fine for any inspector signing off on a car that isn't roadworthy.

[Modena]

Originally Posted by boxhead

The laws in Victoria changed Feb 1st.
In the past a roadworthy certificate was not required.
Now a yearly roadworthy inspection is required (this has always been a requirement in NT).
The Vic gov are trying to weed out the obvious wrong doers.
But there are also a lot of small clubs who just happen to have a licensed roadworthy inspector in the club, so the chance is still there of wrong being done, but it risks a heavy fine for any inspector signing off on a car that isn't roadworthy.

Not quite Dave, a RWC is only needed for NEW club reg applications from Feb 1, and only for vehicles post 1948. If the vehicle is pre-1948 then the existing requirement of club scrutineer/safety certificate is still accepted.

For post 1948 vehicles that are already on a club plate prior to Feb 1, no RWC is required to keep that club reg current going forward.

[boxhead]

I see, I wasn't sure if they where going to make previously registered cars also supply a roadworthy at time of renewall.

[Aussie Mike]

This annoyed me this morning on my drive to work. I'm seeing more and more beater cars with club plates. I also saw a scruffy Cortina station wagon a while back on club plates with the back loaded up with painting supplies.



Good on them for finding a loophole and saving some bucks on rego costs but the problem is these cars will get the whole system shut down when the authorities realize people are using the club plate scheme to rort the system.

Cheers

[Dimis]

That ^^^ is just more than a little concerning...

...and of course Mike, next time your passenger takes a photo using their mobile, tell them not to reach over to the driver's side of the vehicle.

[Treeve]

How any member of this scheme chooses to spend their 90 days with their legitimately approved plates is up to them, surely?

[Aussie Mike]

Originally Posted by Dimis

That ^^^ is just more than a little concerning...

...and of course Mike, next time your passenger takes a photo using their mobile, tell them not to reach over to the driver's side of the vehicle.

Pic taken from my Dash cam

[guye]

Hopefully, Mike, if/when the authorities clamp down they focus on the dodgy clubs that allow this, and not the majority.

Regards,
The eternal optimist,

[guye]

Originally Posted by Treeve

How any member of this scheme chooses to spend their 90 days with their legitimately approved plates is up to them, surely?

Lol!

Think we're being more judgemental about their choice of 'classic vehicle' than anything.

And if they were seriously passionate about their Astra or scruffy Cortina as a classic, you think they'd treat them with more respect

Of course, my classic rego'd Range Rover Classic is well looked after, AND he likes to get out into the paddocks for some rough and tumble when he can. But that is what he was built for!

[Treeve]

Nah mate, it's a Cortina Wagon Rat Rod.