<VV> About a car for Sale

[Harry Yarnell]

The rules have changed in Maryland. You can now get historic registration at 
20 years. I just registered two '89 Cadillac eldorados as historics. No 
safety or emmissions test required.

Harry Yarnell
Perryman garage and orphanage
Perryman, MD
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Elliott" <corvair at fnader.com>
To: <bgcharger51 at yahoo.com>
Cc: <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> About a car for Sale


> 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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