Can't see how it's much of a saving to put a car on club plates..... Seems to be more of a hassle than a saving to me.

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SPO41 Mk2 Cooper S very original
1993 R32 Nissan Skyline GTR

Hi.

I own the black Mini in question and apart from the paint it's a pretty much standard Mini K . Clause 4.1 of the Club plate scheme reads as follows:-

- Colour of the car and engine can be any reasonable colour. However, no 'Kandy', metalflake or Chameleon paintwork will be accepted. Sub-frames and suspension components are to be dark colour. Discretion will be with the Historic Plate Inspector.

I have 3 (soon to be 4 Minis) on Historic plates with the MCCNSW. It's a wonderful scheme which allows me to keep multiple cars on the road at a reduced rego rate. As stated insurance is also reduced for historic rego'd cars.

There are more than enough events listed through the club which would allow me to use my cars every weekend if I wished. Clause 3.1 states :-
- Vehicles may be used to attend any event listed in the MCCNSW magazine, the MCCNSW website or the Council of Motor Clubs calendar.

Events of interest state wide are listed in the magazine along with the Minis in the Gong and Sydney Minis events. All the major ACT events are covered as well. You can even drive your Mini to Watto's GDO in Melbourne as a group of us did in 2012.

You can also be a member of multiple car clubs and use your club plated car on events listed with them as well.

As with anything this scheme works for some and not others.

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Julie.............

Is this quote from the MCC or RMA website?

Clause 4.1 of the Club plate scheme reads as follows:-

- Colour of the car and engine can be any reasonable colour. However, no 'Kandy', metalflake or Chameleon paintwork will be accepted. Sub-frames and suspension components are to be dark colour. Discretion will be with the Historic Plate Inspector.

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"Show me the Mini!"

Thanks for clearing all of that up.

It seems that it has become a more realistic option for me compared to 4-5 years ago when I first enquired about the scheme.

Ryan

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Ryan Filippi
Minis In The Gong
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www.minisinthegong.com.au

My Rego is coming up I June I also may go down this path as it is not my every day car, and cheap rego sounds good to me.

The NSW rego for my Cooper S this year was $56 including $35 for the CTP. Even the comprehensive insurance is cheaper with Historic plates, $193 at NMRA V&V.

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

I paid 193 on normal green slip prices no discount there i get me rego free being on a pension and can take it out any day i want

I think its wrong people can have unlimited amount of cars on the historic scheme i can only have one car or trailer on the pension connession scheme should be the same

No offence intended but I think you could argue that if you're on the pension you can't afford two cars?

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Anyone can have unlimited cars on historic plates, but not everyone gets free rego on their daily drive!

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Cooper S Mk2
Cooper S Mk1
ex Cooper S Mk2, various Morris 1100s, 1300s, 1500s, Leyland Sherpa!

It is from MCCNSW club plate rules. It is entirely in the spirit of the conditional registration scheme. This has been MCCNSW policy for a long time and is intended to prevent conditional registration that is intended to help keep historic vehicles going being abused by people building street machines that are not in the spirit of the scheme. The scheme was almost dismantled altogether because of this kind of abuse but the CMC managed to convince the RTA (at the time) to restructure it to the more manageable format it is today.

MCCNSW do allow "period modifications" - so no Honda VTEC conversions, but things like Webers, deseaming etc that were done in the day would probably be OK. The current club registrar also encourages historic competition cars that would have been registered in their day, like rally cars, with their attendant modifications, to join the scheme.

I have previously had a car on the MCCNSW scheme and it was fantastic, but it turned out i wanted to use the car for more than just club events, so i switched back to full rego. My car was non-standard in many ways, but none would be considered outside the "period modifications" scope.

cheers
michael

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66 Mini Minor sponsored by http://www.lifeonthehedge.com.au/ The Dog Harness Specialists
It was a pleasure ausmini. I'll miss all you misfits and reprobates

two of my cars are in the mini in the gong banner the 5th one which you know of and the 8th one dark blue one in the line up

Look in the 2010 kangaroo valley run and the rego was liltoy then

Remember that day well as the passenger front hydro blew on it

And no offence taken to your last post

MCCNSW rules.

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Julie.............

Please be aware that you must have been a financial member of the MCCNSW for a minimum period of 12 months before being considered for the historic plate scheme.

This is a rule imposed by our club. Other motoring clubs may be different.

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Julie.............

there goes that idea looks like I have to wait 12months .

join us Mexicans
90 day permit $136
just fill in log book get midnight to midnight = 1 day
true it took a long hard struggle to get it through
and any fool that abuses it get a real hard time from the rest of us
get caught no log book $722.00 fine
some clubs take 12 months to qualify
and need a RWC and need to keep it roadworthy otherwise club I duty bound to inform Vic roads
and must always be financial
is a great scheme .
also some of these internet type car clubs might be in for a surprise

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