John,
FIFA? Don't you mean FIA? I am wondering what football has todowith
classic cars! :)
Joe C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
To: "Richard Gosling" <rbgosling@googlemail.com>; "MG List"
<mgs@autox.team.net>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Spits] UK Government not planning to ban old cars
> Richard Gosling wrote:
>
> > In fact I'm tempted to drive to
> > Edinburgh in Sammy this weekend, just to show my disapproval!
>
> Richard, DO IT!
>
> Some years ago a reliable source in the Federation of Historic British
Vehicle Clubs, told me this
> story.
>
> About the time of the millenium, the European Parliament was considering
active legislation on 'end
> of life' vehicles - which included 'classics' being restored by their
owners. There was such a hue
> and cry throughout mainland Europe that a large number of clubs within
FIFA got together and signed
> a petition to present to the European Seat of Power in Brussels. They got
literally thousands of
> signatures and arranged for a fully restored classic car to carry just one
of many sheets of
> signatures into Brussels. Getting there in a massive convoy, they
discovered the Eurocrat
> responsible for initiating the legislation was attending the European
Parliament in Strasbourg - so
> they went there instead and picked up a whole lot of other additional
classic cars in the process
> who also joined the convoy. It was, by all accounts, a light-hearted
affair (with serious intent)
> and absolutely no arrests were made. However, the convoy's arrival in
Strasbourg precipitated the
> largest traffic jam the city has ever seen! The legislation was soon
modified with that lovely term
> of 'taking operational considerations intoi account......'
>
> In another similar story, Stratford upon Avon Town Council decided to
remove a parking slot for
> bikers in the town centre, close to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. It
had been there *for years*
> and was sacrosanct territory for bikers. Word was out and one Sunday soon
afterwards, the police
> estimated 10,000 bikers descended peacefully on the town to commemorate
Shakespeare! The parking
> slot wasn't removed.
>
> Go for it
>
> Jonmac
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