Brilliant road safety video from StreetSmarts QLD and the Veteran Car Club of Queensland. 

Veteran (and vintage) cars are built  and drive differently to most cars on the roads. 

Allow Sally from the Veteran Car Club of Queensland to show you how they operate among modern traffic in this 1 minute video.

Watch the video on the CHMC Facebook page


HVS & CVS NEWS

     HVS & CVS REGISTRATION WORKSHOP               NOVEMBER 4TH 2023 - DUBBO 

This workshop is open to representatives from ALL clubs in NSW providing HVS or CVS registration, not just clubs affiliated with CHMC, HMA or CMC. CHMC runs these vehicle registration workshops routinely, previously this year in Ballina and Cooma. These days are always well received, providing clubs with consistent and accurate  conditional registration information.The Workshop will be addressed by members of the TfNSW team that oversees the HVS and CVS schemes. They will also speak to road safety issues safety. The day will follow our Panel format.There will be an FAQ session.

Starlight Room, RSL Club, Dubbo. Access to the building from 09.30am
• 10.00 Meeting Start
• Welcome &Introduction of Panel members
• Towards Zero program - safety and local road toll issues
• 11.15 to 11.30 Morning tea break
• FAQ Session
• Questions from the floor
• 12.30 approx. Meeting Close       
RSVP: Has now closed for this event.

Historic and Classic Vehicles LOG BOOK & CLUB RUNS FACT SHEET.  Developed by TfNSW in collaboration with the CHMC and other motoring organisations. This Fact Sheet contains the accurate information regarding use of Log Books using vehicles on Club Runs. The Fact Sheet is online at TfNSW  
 

September 2023 DRIVE LITE

Shannon's Classic
A reminder about attending HVS and CVS events   
Can a club have more than one ‘Responsible Person’?
Do I need a Compliance Certificate for a modified vehicle?
An update on routine vehicle inspections that we conduct with NSW Police.

August 2023 DRIVE LITE
 

Signing a Historical Vehicle Declaration 1259 Form
Keep your Club’s details updated with our Accreditation Team
Can a vehicle on Historic or Classic registration be transferred to another person?
Manual Pink Slips required for Historic or Classic registrations
Macarthur compliance blitz

July 2023 DRIVE LITE

Answers questions for HVS & CVS scheme participants about:
Digital pink slips,
Original 1259 Forms 
How TFNSW is helping to protect vehicle owners against odometer tampering,
Plus information about a new demerit point trial 

June 2023 DRIVE LITE 

From TFNSW for club members on the Historic Vehicle (HVS) and Classic Vehicle  (CVS) Schemes.The first issue, June 2023, features:
Registration Workshop with TFNSW staff hosted by Ballina Classic Vehicle Club
The 2023 Pre-31 Autumn Touran initiative of CHMC clubs in Central West NSW.

THE FUTURE FOR HISTORIC VEHICLES?

CHMC monitors issues, trends and developments that affect the future of historic vehicles and their operation. Our contacts, in Australia and internationally, include peak bodies in historic motoring, heritage and government agencies, through them we obtain factual and reliable information and have opportunities to advocate to them on the future of historic vehicles.

HOW MUCH CARBON DOES YOUR HISTORIC VEHICLE EMIT? 

oPERATING hERITAGE aUSTRALIA HAS SHARED WITH US A TABLE FOR CALCULATING WHERE YOUR VEHICLE’S KM/YEAR INTERSECTS WITH ITS FUEL CONSUMPTION TO FIND CO2 EMITTED IN KG.

On the table, also online in CHMC's DINKUM OIL #23 MAY 2023 find where your vehicle’s km/year intersects with its fuel consumption to find CO2 emitted in kg. For example - based on the latest FIVA survey, Australian historic cars travel, on average, around 1200 km/yr and, if we assume a 14L/100km (20mpg) fuel consumption, then the amount of carbon dioxide produced is 504kg for the year.

OPERATING HISTORIC VEHICLES IN A TIME OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE. 

Have you read the FIVA Environmental Guide, a positive approach towards environmental protection  and  practical support for environmentally conscious use of historic vehicles.

THE FUTURE OF HISTORIC VEHICLES. 

Have you read: the FIVA Position Statement on Historic Vehicles and Global Climate Change

 E-FUELS FOR HISTORIC VEHICLES?

The FIVA Working Group on eFuels monitored successful tests of e-Fuels in vehicles aged from 1901 to the 1970s, including a 1922 Aston Martin in the Centenary 2022 Gran Prix; a 1936 Aston Martin raced at the GP Nuvolar; and a VW T1 bus that toured 3,500kms on the 2022 Olympia Rally.
Conclusion “e-Fuel seems to work and did not harm historic vehicles ”.

A 1901 Mors and a 1904 Covert completed the 2022 London-Brighton without any problems on e-Fuel

ELECTRIC DRIVE CONVERSIONS OF HISTORIC VEHICLES

PEAK BODIES FOR HISTORIC MOTORING AROUND THE WORLD ADVISE THAT OWNERS CAREFULLY CONSIDER ALL ASPECTS OF THE TECHNICAL, COMPLIANCE & REGISTRATION, ENVIRONMENTAL AND HERITAGE IMPLICATIONS FOR A VEHICLE BEFORE UNDERTAKING A CONVERSION AND COMPROMISING THE HERITAGE/HISTORIC  STATUS OF THEIR VEHICLE.

CHMC'S NEWSLETTER, DINKUM OIL is EMAILED TO ALL MEMBER CLUBS for distribution to their members or publishing in their magazines

DINKUM OIL #24 july 2023 RESULTS FROM THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL 2023 CHMC ANNUAL RALLY HOSTED BY THE WAGGA WAGGA VETERAN & VINTAGE MOTOR CLUB
DINKUM OIL #23 may 2023 HOW MUCH CARBON DOES YOUR HISTORIC VEHICLE EMIT? ON THE TABLE in DiNkum #23 FIND WHERE YOUR VEHICLE’S KM/YEAR INTERSECTS WITH ITS FUEL CONSUMPTION TO FIND CO2 EMITTED IN KG.
DINKUM OIL #22 APRIL 2023. VEHICLE REGISTRATION MATTERS - HISTORIC TRACTORS; AREA CODES, RETROFITTING SEAT BELTS SUBMISSION; CHMC ADVOCACY RE. DRAFT VEHICLE ADRS ON HYDROGEN FUEL AND ELECTRIC DRIVE TRAINS; NRMA RE. EX-MV AND EX-SERVICE VEHICLE INSURANCE.
DINKUM OIL #21 -  WHO CAN DRIVE A CONDITIONALLY REGISTERED VEHICLE? EV CONVERSIONS OF HISTORIC VEHICLES
DINKUM OIL#20 - CHMC & TFNSW HISTORIC AND CLASSIC CAR INDUSTRY WORKING GROUP (HCCIWG) UPDATE;  CHMC PROCEDURES AND DOCUMENTS USED FOR CVS SINCE 2017 COMMENDED BY TFNSW AND NSW POLICECHMC UPDATES FOR PROCESSING CVS APPLICATIONS AND RENEWALS;  CHMC WORKSHOPS AND ZOOM MEETINGS FOR REGISTRARS AND CLUB COMMITTEES. 

Past Issues of Dinkum Oil can be read HERE

THE 2024 CHMC ANNUAL RALLY

will be held at Parkes over the Easter Weekend, March 29- April 1. Details and Entry Form on CHMC's Events page

2023 CHMC ANNUAL RALLY - June Long Weekend - WAGGA WAGGA   COUNCIL'S 2023 RALLY saw 180 HISTORIC VEHICLES from 1908 TO 1991, Cars, Motor Cycles and Commercial Vehicles touring to COOLAMON, JUNEE and around the WAGGA WAGGA region.  The mass display of historic vehicles on Sunday drew a huge crowd of people to appreciate our motoring heritage.

Another excellent CHMC Annual Rally thanks to our Hosts, the Wagga Wagga Veteran & Vintage Motor Club, a CHMC Affiliated Club.

Plenty of photos and video from the 2023 Annual Rally on the CHMC Facebook Site

2024 PRE-31 AUTUMN TOUR - ORANGE - MAY 2-5 2024

Entry forms and Tour information are out now - see our Events Page for the entry Form etc.

2024 Tour hosted by the CENTRAL TABLELANDS HISTORIC CAR CLUB, a member club of the CHMC NSW

2023 PRE-31 AUTUMN TOUR FOR VETERAN & VINTAGE VEHICLES          

The Tour was an outstanding success for 130 vehicles and their owners and passengers hosted at Cowra by CHMC Affiliated Club, Dinosaur Drivers Register, Lachlan Valley branch. The sights and scenery of the Central West were at their Autumn best colours, and a unique crossing of Wyangala Dam by all the cars was a highlight that made national television coverage.  

The Tour was again supported by a grant from the Paul Butler Bequest for Veteran & Vintage cars via the National Trust. Photos and reports of the 2023 Pre-31 Tour are on the CHMC Facebook Site, scroll down to May 2023.

SPOKE'N'HUB  - the AHMF's NEWSLETTER

The Australian Historic Motoring Federation Inc. (AHMF) is the national peak body for all historic motoring in Australia. Spoke'n'Hub Newsletters are distributed quarterly. Do you have hints or technical articles for future issues, please email your articles, photographs, etc to the Editor. (Email newsletter articles (Word & jpeg format - not PDF, to Christine at christine@ftrs.com.au by 15th of the month prior to distribution).

#4 SEPTEMBER 2023 SPOKE'N'HUB NEWSLETTER # 4   SEE LINK AT RIGHT

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         THE COUNCIL OF HERITAGE MOTOR CLUBS NSW (CHMC)            REPRESENTS AND PROMOTES HERITAGE, HISTORIC & CLASSIC VEHICLE and MAchinery CLUBS THROUGHOUT N.S.W. 

Members of CHMC Affiliated Clubs own, preserve and restore cars, trucks, motorbikes, buses, tractors and antique machinery that is over 30 years old (and quite a few vehicles etc. that are original and well preserved "youngtimers" - i.e. just waiting till they are old enough to be classed as historic)

 These members and their clubs share a common purpose, to keep alive the sights and sounds of the vehicles and machines that were an integral part of the automotive and transport history of Australia. Some of their vehicles are more than 100 years old, others are from the 1990s, some are rare, some are unique, and many are everyday vehicles from our nation's past. All are examples of our country's automotive culture and history. 

Heritage and historic vehicles are not still here with us by accident, they survive because someone has cared for them through time, or someone has rescued them just in time.

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