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Tatton Park VW - Sunday 6th August 2023
Tatton Park VW Show will be presenting the award for best Stock 6v Beetle in honour of our Chairman Shaun Rees who lost his life in a fatal motoring accident whilst driving his beloved award-winning Pearl Grey 1949 Beetle (MFF 392) on the journey home to Cornwall from the Stanford Hall VW Show.
If you would like to bring your Stock 6V Beetle to be part of a Salute to Shaun please apply here: tattonparkvwshow.com/showcars
Stanford Hall 2023 - The Historic Display - Sunday 30th April 2023
From small beginnings way back in 1976, the Historic Beetle Display has always been at the heart of the Stanford Hall event. It is open exclusively to Type 1s built before August 1960. To be sure of maintaining the prime location that we enjoy at this event we must be sure to fill the area so your attendance is vital.
Full details of the event and entry forms can be obtained from the event website at http://www.stanfordhallvw.com/
Entry Notes...
All first time applications for the display and previous entrants with modified cars should send an up to date photo of the vehicle with the completed application form. (Paper digital copies or scans are fine).
There are a few conditions you should be prepared to conform with prior to booking for the free to enter display, these are:
Your vehicle must display a pre-booked pass on its internal rear view mirror and be parked with the rest of the cars in the display, allowing the marshals to identify you clearly and avoid stopping you unnecessarily and causing delays.
You arrive between 8.00am and 11.00am and are prepared to leave your vehicle on stand until 4.00pm. Please also note that the site must be vacated by 7.30pm on the day of the show.
All display vehicles are admitted at the discretion of the display manager whose decision is final.
Your vehicle must display a pre-booked pass on its internal rear view mirror and be parked with the rest of the cars in the display, allowing the marshals to identify you clearly and avoid stopping you unnecessarily and causing delays.
You arrive between 8.00am and 11.00am and are prepared to leave your vehicle on stand until 4.00pm. Please also note that the site must be vacated by 7.30pm on the day of the show.
All display vehicles are admitted at the discretion of the display manager whose decision is final.
Please Note...
We regret that those who do not pre-book will have to pay the normal entry fee and will not be able to park with the display.
Don’t worry if your car is not pristine we are happy to see daily drivers or restoration projects as long as they are not overtly modified or lowered.
Those who would like to enter the concours can still join the display as Class 1 vehicles in the concours are contained within the display area. As in previous years however you should additionally pre-book your concours place with the Concours Manager. See separate information and booking form.
Those who would like to enter the concours can still join the display as Class 1 vehicles in the concours are contained within the display area. As in previous years however you should additionally pre-book your concours place with the Concours Manager. See separate information and booking form.
Whilst this section of the Stanford Hall meeting is organised by the Historic Volkswagen Club the display is NOT restricted to members.
Press release from the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs - MOTs and vehicles over 40yrs of age
18 December 2017
For immediate release
Department for Transport (DfT) Guidance on Substantial Change of Historic Vehicles.
1. The Guidance sets out the definition of a Vehicle of Historic Interest (VHI), vehicles which will, from May 2018, be entitled to be exempt from taking a vehicle (MoT) test.
2. The Guidance reflects the outcome of intensive discussions between the DfT and the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs (FBHVC). FBHVC wishes to express its appreciation of the open and collaborative manner in which the DfT approached these discussions.
3. In the discussions FBHVC was careful to take account of all possible members of the historic vehicle family.
4. The Guidance supersedes all previous potential criteria released for discussion by DfT.
5. The Guidance makes clear that it does not in any way affect DVLA’s registration criteria and processes which remain unchanged.
6. The Government included motorcycles in the Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 2017. As the Guidance implements the Regulations, DfT could not accept FBHVC’s representations, based upon the requirements of the EU Directive, regarding historic motorcycles, so they are included in the Guidance.
7. Following STRONG representations by FBHVC, a vehicle may generally be a VHI if relevant changes were undertaken more than 30 years previously. This will be a rolling 30 years and replaces the fixed 1988 date previously proposed by DfT.
8. Major points of note are:
a. The process is one of self-declaration.
b. Owners will only be required to declare their vehicle to be a VHI if they wish to be exempted from an annual MOT Test.
c. All vehicles will still be able to be tested if their owners wish
d. The criteria are generic and permit changes made, less than 30 years prior to the declaration, which improve efficiency, safety, preservation or environmental performance.
e. Those vehicles registered on a Q plate, as kits or built up classics are not entitled to be declared as VHIs until forty years after they were registered.
f. For motorcycles only the criteria of Q plates, kits and built up classics prevent declaration as a VHI.
9. The Guidance refers to “a marque or historic vehicle experts”. A list will be published on the website of the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs by 30th April 2018. Vehicle owners wishing to confirm if they may declare their vehicle as a VHI, may choose to contact the appropriate nominee from this list
10. FBHVC will be explaining the Guidance in full in its first Newsletter of 2018 and as soon as possible on its website at www.fbhvc.co.uk.
11. Text of the Guidance is at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/668274/vehicles-of-historical-interest-substantial-change-guidance.pdf
For immediate release
Department for Transport (DfT) Guidance on Substantial Change of Historic Vehicles.
1. The Guidance sets out the definition of a Vehicle of Historic Interest (VHI), vehicles which will, from May 2018, be entitled to be exempt from taking a vehicle (MoT) test.
2. The Guidance reflects the outcome of intensive discussions between the DfT and the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs (FBHVC). FBHVC wishes to express its appreciation of the open and collaborative manner in which the DfT approached these discussions.
3. In the discussions FBHVC was careful to take account of all possible members of the historic vehicle family.
4. The Guidance supersedes all previous potential criteria released for discussion by DfT.
5. The Guidance makes clear that it does not in any way affect DVLA’s registration criteria and processes which remain unchanged.
6. The Government included motorcycles in the Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 2017. As the Guidance implements the Regulations, DfT could not accept FBHVC’s representations, based upon the requirements of the EU Directive, regarding historic motorcycles, so they are included in the Guidance.
7. Following STRONG representations by FBHVC, a vehicle may generally be a VHI if relevant changes were undertaken more than 30 years previously. This will be a rolling 30 years and replaces the fixed 1988 date previously proposed by DfT.
8. Major points of note are:
a. The process is one of self-declaration.
b. Owners will only be required to declare their vehicle to be a VHI if they wish to be exempted from an annual MOT Test.
c. All vehicles will still be able to be tested if their owners wish
d. The criteria are generic and permit changes made, less than 30 years prior to the declaration, which improve efficiency, safety, preservation or environmental performance.
e. Those vehicles registered on a Q plate, as kits or built up classics are not entitled to be declared as VHIs until forty years after they were registered.
f. For motorcycles only the criteria of Q plates, kits and built up classics prevent declaration as a VHI.
9. The Guidance refers to “a marque or historic vehicle experts”. A list will be published on the website of the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs by 30th April 2018. Vehicle owners wishing to confirm if they may declare their vehicle as a VHI, may choose to contact the appropriate nominee from this list
10. FBHVC will be explaining the Guidance in full in its first Newsletter of 2018 and as soon as possible on its website at www.fbhvc.co.uk.
11. Text of the Guidance is at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/668274/vehicles-of-historical-interest-substantial-change-guidance.pdf
