NickDunning
Active Member
Not sure if the P6ROC are Federation members but this is a damn good idea in a cause dear to all our hearts, and I hope it gets as wide an audience as possible:
The FBHVC, of which The Rover P6 Club is proud to be a member, have launched a new initiative to raise the profile of the historic vehicle movement through an annual “Drive It Day”.
FBHVC Committee Member Tony Beadle said “I thought St.George’s Day would be a singularly appropriate day to choose to celebrate the glorious variety of mechanised road transport heritage that we have in this country because on 23 April 1900, 64 cars set out from London on the first day of the famous Thousand Mile Trial – an incredible undertaking by those early motor cars and their pioneering drivers, and one which deserves annual celebration.”
The FBHVC wants all owners of licensed historic vehicles to use them on 23 April, which this year happens to fall on a Sunday. This will be a truly national event and one that everyone can take part in wherever they live. It’s absolutely free of entry forms, entry fees and red-tape.
As all enthusiasts know, FBHVC exists to uphold the freedom to use old vehicles. Without that freedom there would be little incentive to preserve them, and if that incentive was lost, so too would be a very large part of our national transport heritage. Drive It Day is part of FBHVC’s ongoing campaign to raise public awareness of the historic vehicle movement. “After all,” Tony Beadle asks, “what’s the point in fighting for a freedom if we don’t make the best possible use of it?”
The message to owners is: it’s not necessary to go to a show or take part in an event, FBHVC just wants you to get your old vehicle(s) out so they can be seen by the public. If the vehicle is suitable, use it instead of modern transport for your daily activity: use it to go to work (or, perhaps, church when 23 April falls on a Sunday, as it does this year), take a trip to the seaside, enjoy a day out in the country, visit a stately home or just go shopping. Those with unlicensed, older, larger or slower vehicles for which such use would be impossible, impractical or inappropriate can join in by getting their vehicles out and parking them on the drive where they can be seen.
"Drive It Day" Events page
Here.
Cheers
Nick
The FBHVC, of which The Rover P6 Club is proud to be a member, have launched a new initiative to raise the profile of the historic vehicle movement through an annual “Drive It Day”.
FBHVC Committee Member Tony Beadle said “I thought St.George’s Day would be a singularly appropriate day to choose to celebrate the glorious variety of mechanised road transport heritage that we have in this country because on 23 April 1900, 64 cars set out from London on the first day of the famous Thousand Mile Trial – an incredible undertaking by those early motor cars and their pioneering drivers, and one which deserves annual celebration.”
The FBHVC wants all owners of licensed historic vehicles to use them on 23 April, which this year happens to fall on a Sunday. This will be a truly national event and one that everyone can take part in wherever they live. It’s absolutely free of entry forms, entry fees and red-tape.
As all enthusiasts know, FBHVC exists to uphold the freedom to use old vehicles. Without that freedom there would be little incentive to preserve them, and if that incentive was lost, so too would be a very large part of our national transport heritage. Drive It Day is part of FBHVC’s ongoing campaign to raise public awareness of the historic vehicle movement. “After all,” Tony Beadle asks, “what’s the point in fighting for a freedom if we don’t make the best possible use of it?”
The message to owners is: it’s not necessary to go to a show or take part in an event, FBHVC just wants you to get your old vehicle(s) out so they can be seen by the public. If the vehicle is suitable, use it instead of modern transport for your daily activity: use it to go to work (or, perhaps, church when 23 April falls on a Sunday, as it does this year), take a trip to the seaside, enjoy a day out in the country, visit a stately home or just go shopping. Those with unlicensed, older, larger or slower vehicles for which such use would be impossible, impractical or inappropriate can join in by getting their vehicles out and parking them on the drive where they can be seen.
"Drive It Day" Events page
Here.
Cheers
Nick
