Welcome

What a wonderful day we had: the perfect weather brought out enthusiasts in their thousands with as wide a range of vehicles as could possibly be imagined. Our Drive It Day page shows the pictures and a short report from some of our member clubs, all of whom certainly seem to have enjoyed themselves immensely. The Secretary represented Read More

It has been a very interesting exercise to go back to the very first newsletters and see how the Federation and its publications have evolved since 1989. Legislation has always been the most important topic for us and all members can be sure that we only print the absolute truth of the situation in these pages and on Read More

The bureaucracy involved with correcting or substituting engine numbers on V5C documents and making minor engine capacity changes on old vehicles was discussed in November 2010 at a meeting between members FBHVC’s legislation committee, the All Party Parliamentary Historic Vehicle Group, the Under-Secretary of State for Roads and Motoring, Mike Penning MP, and two senior officials from DfT Read More

As a result of many adverse comments received from our members about MoT testing stations who do not really understand the special requirements of historic vehicles we published a request in the December 2010 newsletter asking for details of garages that did have this specialist knowledge. The response has been very good and we have published the list Read More

Welcome to the first newsletter of 2011 and the last in the current format. From the next issue we will be changing to the larger A4 format which will give us much more space and flexibility and will make it easier to pick out the articles that are of interest to each individual organisation. The response to the Read More