ESC mandatory

[Rebel1]

Originally Posted by Merv and Sharon

Perhaps it is time that our national president wrote, on our behalf, to all the kit makers and suppliers and asked if they wanted to join in submission to the National Transport Ministers' forum/meeting each year with their National Transport Minister, citing the value of the industry, the benefits of a single reasonable set of rules and the parallels with the rodders? Do the kit manufacturers have a body of any kind?

Merv

Merv, That's exactly what John Staszynski did. I still have the email on file.

In fact, herewith an excerpt from that email:

Hullo and welcome to a specific interest group focused on allowing replica cars to be registered for road use under the same system and rules that are applied to street rods.

Your name has been selected as someone that may be interested in becoming involved in a national lobby group that will support the above goal.

The aim is to lobby all the state transport departments systematically and simultaneously so that state ministers and the state regulators will be receiving the same message at the same time.

Some of you will be aware that in my role of Cobra Car Club President South Australia I have been able to achieve some gains in this area on a local basis. However if we are to avoid the problem of a state arguing that they cannot proceed alone in this area we must take a national approach. This will also demonstrate to the authorities that this is not a "flash in the pan" issue that will soon go away if it is put in the too hard basket.

If you are not interested in being involved just reply to me and I will remove your name from the list.

I have set out a framework on how this group can operate using the recourses of the Cobra Car Club branches in all states except NT and Tasmania where none exist. The clubs have a mandate to lobby on behalf of their members. These members are also interested in replica cars other than just cobras, i.e. GT 40, Daytona replicas etc.

Name. Replica Car Lobby Group.

Aim. To establish a coordinated common purpose lobby group in every state and territory of Aust.

Purpose. To create a "Replica" category within the state registration systems and move our replica cobras etc into that category instead of the Individually constructed Vehicle (ICV) category they currently hold.

Why? The ICV,s we build are subject to different requirements in different states. However they all class them as ICV, a one off construction and one individuals efforts. This means that different requirements can be imposed on similar vehicles within the same state if desired. For example, in SA I have negotiated an exemption from meeting emission requirements for an ICV fitted with a carburettor 427 yet was rejected on an exemption for a fuel injected 5 litre because it was fitted with eight throttle bodies. There are such options as club rego in some states but not a national basis.
Something that is available on a national basis is the Street Rod category. These cars are NOT ICV s even if they are all different and individually constructed by the owner/builder and engineered by a contracted engineer. No the state ministers in their wisdom have decreed that a special Street Rod set of rules be created to manage the building and registration of these cars.

And it went on further.......


Baz, You well want to contact John and continue what he started. I agree it needs constant attention and some-one to drive the concept.