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Proposed Banning of 10 Year Old Vehicles

“The numpty bureaucrats and politicians are at it again! If you want to continue to drive your classic car or you wish to preserve other's rights to do so, please see the following.

All vehicles over 10 years old are at risk from the environmentalist zealots who fail to grasp that removing an old vehicle from the roads and replacing it with a new vehicle will cause more environmental damage than if it was continued in use for the remainder for its useful life. Many, probably most, of these vehicles are used for occasional hobby purposes only.

Several EU proposals across the years have been a threat to the classic car movement. One that has been under consideration is to ban the use of cars older than 10 years. Similarly, Edinburgh City Council is considering the banning of cars over 15 years old from the town centre. These, and similar proposals directly threaten the classic car movement, and encourage the manufacture of new cars, with the attendant environmental issues of sourcing raw materials, manufacturing, distributing and scrapping the spiralling supply of new vehicles.

I invite you to sign the E-petition, now with nearly 17,000 signatures (as of 11th January 2008) already!!

Just click on the following web address, or failing that just paste it into your Google (or other search engine), and it should give you access to the Petition site.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/classic-cars

Deadline to sign up by: 18 March 2008.

Submitted by Richard Jewell.


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Paul Craven

It is with great regret that we must inform you of the passing of Paul Craven, fellow American car enthusiast and co-founder (along with his wife Valerie) of the original Classic Chevy Club of GB in the nineteen-eighties.

Paul died in the early hours of Monday, 17th December, of a Brain Haemorrhage at Colchester General Hospital in Essex.

He was the first in the north Essex area to own one of THE classic American icon automobiles; a stunning dark blue 1957 Chevrolet Sport Coupe. Paul regularly campaigned the car around auto events in Essex/Suffolk taking countless first place wins, and will have seen the Chevy featured in the 1994 April edition of Classic American magazine.

Paul was probably better known to the Hot-Rod /drag racing community in the 1970s/80s for his exploits with the ’57 Coupe at Santa Pod Raceway near Northampton. He will be remembered as one of the scenes true Hot Rodders and a long time member of the AHRA.

Paul's Funeral was held on Friday 28th December at Colchester Crematorium.


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U
sed Car Vehicle History

If you are considering the purchase of a recently imported American Used Vehicle from the USA, get its history checked out before parting with your hard earned money.

A new idea is to order a CARFAX Vehicle History Report www.carfax.com. This could be the first step to protecting yourself against buying used cars with costly hidden problems. CARFAX searches its nationwide database and provides a detailed vehicle history report in seconds.

Apparently, it checks everything; stolen, accident, flooded, fraud, fleet car, rebuilt, and even if its a 'lemon'. All you have to do is just enter the VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) to get started, but make sure you have your credit card handy!


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New Mustang Light Conversion Kits

ABCDesign has developed a complete replacement lighting package of headlights, side repeaters and taillights that they say is 100-percent legal for European use, and manufactured to original equipment quality standards with full e-approval.

The company states; "We’ve been fans of the new Mustang since it first appeared, and as lighting is our speciality, we decided it would be a good idea to offer a lighting package for the car that would make it as simple as possible to convert it for legal use anywhere in Europe". For further information go to our web site www.euromustang.co.uk


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New Personalized Club Clothing

There is now available new personalized club clothing, about time some of you might say!

We have come to an arrangement with a clothing embroidery company to supply T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, Polo Shirts, Fleece, Jackets and Caps by mail order directly with them through their website or the order form enclosed with the club magazine.

Click on Club Clothing link under the resources heading in the blue column right.


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Aftermarket Parts for '05 Mustang

When Ford announced the new Mustang in 2004, the US automotive aftermarket had already gone in to hyper-drive in anticipation of the iconic pony car’s arrival. Steeda, the aftermarket Mustang and Focus specialist, wheeled out their highly developed “Screamin’ Yellow 0” ‘05 Mustang before the stock version had even hit the street. Now, UK muscle car enthusiasts can enjoy Steeda’s ‘05 Mustang products, through Bedford-based parts supplier - USAutomotive Ltd.

The Steeda ‘05 Mustang inventory already includes over 100 custom components covering exterior body styling, and wheels, through to key under-bonnet performance enhancements such as tuned shorty headers and Steeda’s fantastically efficient Gold Air Kit. This latter item releases so much more extra oxygen that the engine’s computer is recalibrated, resulting in an additional 26.7 horsepower!

Other key components in the extensive Steeda ‘05 Mustang catalogue include a front strut brace, and heavy duty suspension components for road or track, comprising anti-roll bars, lowered springs, ball joints and urethane bush mountings. Steeda’s patented Tri-Ax shifter provides both a shorter and more positive shift for the standard manual transmission and includes billet aluminium construction and upgraded bearings.

Steeda’s reputation for quality is second to none and Team Steeda has worked hard in the US to earn the title of Ford’s Number One Aftermarket Company. “We proudly supply parts to Ford that are sold as their own,” says Dario Orlando, President of Steeda Autosports. Product endorsement doesn’t get any better than this.

For more information about the Steeda Mustang and Focus range of road/race components, call UK distributor USAutomotive Ltd on 01234 273155, e-mail sales@usauto.co.uk or check out the web site at www.usauto.co.uk.















Vehicle recalls in the U.S.A.

Click on the following link for information on all vehicle recalls in the U.S.A.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/recalls04/aaarecalls_auto.htm








Message Board

We continuously receive requests via telephone and email from agencies and general public for American vehicles to hire, often giving only a few days notice of the booking date, so we strongly advise members to check out the message board on a regular basis. Also all the latest updates on Events, News, Classifieds and other information that missed the deadline date in the Motorvatin' USA magazine is listed on the board.






Membership Renewals

As well as being able to join via this web site you can now renew your membership. Please go to link Membership Renewals in blue column on right for information and form.






Online Insurance Quotes

Graham Sykes of Graham Sykes Insurance has informed us that his company web site www.graham-sykes.com now provides online insurance quotations; you can also buy online with policy issue within minutes.









Free Recall Work

Mildenhall Auto Centre in Suffolk is registered by Ford USA (and other USA manufacturers) to carry out free recall work. Should you prefer the work to be carried out closer to home, they can even get the parts and instructions delivered to your local Ford/Chrysler/Vauxhall dealer. The labour invoice will be charged back to Mildenhall Auto Centre, who will then handle all the paperwork - at no cost to the owner!

They also carry out SVA test conversions and take the car to the Norwich test centre and through the test for you. For more details phone 01638-713962 or see website:www.mildenhallautocentre.ltd.uk. To find out more about recalls, go to the main manufactures’ websites (such as:- www.ford.com - www.gm.com - www.chrysler.com). Next, find their site’s own search engine and type "recalls". You should also have your vehicle VIN/Chassis number handy.






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