http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/classi ... d-to-1974/
A little better, but not quite the reinstatement of rolling exemption we had before.
But it will likely mean price hikes by sellers for cars of this year.
1973 cars will become tax exempt
Re: 1973 cars will become tax exempt
Hopefully (as the article suggests) they will go with a 40 year rolling exemption. My proper classic is already tax exempt but the "modern" stuff has a while to go.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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It'll only be worth celebrating if it does return to the "rolling" exemption, otherwise it's just tinkering...
Re: 1973 cars will become tax exempt
The federations - SVVF and some national equivalent - were in on the planning of this and according to the latest from their reps' recent presentation at the AGM of a well-known car club, it will be rolling but at the 41st year rather than the 26th year as it used to be. Surely the government wouldn't back down after making assurances? 
Imagine the 1968 Dagenham trim shop strike if Barbara Castle had changed her mind, it would have been a whodunnit with bodies and everything.
Why they can't make it day to day as it is in Ireland and other places where a concession comes on at 30, not 31 or only in January or April (which would it be in the second year, assuming that this crowd are still in power by then?) but the 30th anniversary of registration? OK, so there's a token charge but it works over there and applies to insurance charges too.
Imagine the 1968 Dagenham trim shop strike if Barbara Castle had changed her mind, it would have been a whodunnit with bodies and everything.Why they can't make it day to day as it is in Ireland and other places where a concession comes on at 30, not 31 or only in January or April (which would it be in the second year, assuming that this crowd are still in power by then?) but the 30th anniversary of registration? OK, so there's a token charge but it works over there and applies to insurance charges too.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: 1973 cars will become tax exempt
I wish I was tax exempt,I was born in 1971 
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You may not be tax exempt but in the eyes of the FBHVC you are a classic.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Martin Evans
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Re: 1973 cars will become tax exempt
I bet he's not smiling now.
Go on Terry, 'it 'im
At present, I am no better off but at least it's a start. Now if they do make it rolling, I've just got enough time for the V 8 to become tax exempt, before Ed Bollo*ks ballzizz it up, if the present government lose the next election. That just leaves my '79 Midget and my mother's '78 BGT out in the cold. Let's hope it's not like my pension age, that seems to be a bit like a carrot on a stick.....I wonder will I live long enough
Go on Terry, 'it 'im
At present, I am no better off but at least it's a start. Now if they do make it rolling, I've just got enough time for the V 8 to become tax exempt, before Ed Bollo*ks ballzizz it up, if the present government lose the next election. That just leaves my '79 Midget and my mother's '78 BGT out in the cold. Let's hope it's not like my pension age, that seems to be a bit like a carrot on a stick.....I wonder will I live long enough
Rules exist for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
MG Midget 1500, MGB GT V8, Morris Minor Traveller 1275, MG Midget 1275 & too many bicycles.
MG Midget 1500, MGB GT V8, Morris Minor Traveller 1275, MG Midget 1275 & too many bicycles.
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Must resist punching the screen, laptop only came back from having a new one fitted 2 weeks ago.........
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Grumpy Northener
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Re: 1973 cars will become tax exempt
So I only have to tax my P6 Rover for another year and then it becomes exempt - about time I had something out the present shambles of a government - as its been all take so far - Just my luck that I will get a years historic tax exemption before another set of plonkers take office and reverse the decision 
1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
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Can't see anyone taking it away from owners of 1973 cars, but when the next government comes along they could stop it in its tracks and make it a fixed cut off point again. And a different crowd will come along, that's a constitutional (I know, wrong word as technically we don't have [a constitution]Grumpy Northener wrote:So I only have to tax my P6 Rover for another year and then it becomes exempt - about time I had something out the present shambles of a government - as its been all take so far - Just my luck that I will get a years historic tax exemption before another set of plonkers take office and reverse the decision
) certainty.J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..