<VV> About a car for Sale

[Bill Elliott]

 From Wiki:

"The Classic Car Club of America defines a CCCA Classic or Full Classic 
as a fine or distinctive automobile, either American or foreign built, 
produced between 1925 and 1948. Generally, a Classic was high-priced 
when new and was built in limited quantities. Other factors, including 
engine displacement, custom coachwork and luxury accessories, such as 
power brakes, power clutch, and "one-shot" or automatic lubrication 
systems, help determine whether a car is considered to be a Classic.^ 
<#cite_note-classiccarclub.org.2Fpdfs-0>

The Club keeps an exhaustive list of the vehicles it considers classics, 
and while any member may petition for a vehicle to join the list, such 
applications are carefully scrutinized and rarely is a new vehicle type 
admitted."

So the Corvair doesn't even meet the basic year requirement... even 
without looking further into the definition.

Other definitions concentrate on the "high-priced when new and was built 
in limited quantities" aspect, where a brand new Ferrari could be a 
"classic" while no car Chevy ever built would qualify...

Collector car insurance definitions vary company to company... my 
company will insure (almost) anything including newer 
exotics/semi-exotics...

When it comes to legally defined definitions (say for vehicle 
registration), it's generally a simple year cutoff (often 25 years) 
because any other definition is difficult to impossible to administer...

Not counting "street rods" (where I don't know the rules well), Maryland 
has two "historic car" classes... "over 25 years old" (safety/emission 
exemption and half price registration) and "over 60 years old", the 
latter getting permanent licenses...

Bill

Robert Griffith wrote:

>Why is the Corvair not excepted as a Classic Car ?
>It meet the age requirment, right ?   To be a Classic ! !
>Thanks, Robert G.
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