Hemmings Daily: How old's old enough? States consider revising criteria for antique vehicle registration

Photo by Trenten Kelley. While one state legislator's attempt to restrict the definition of antique vehicle has been negated, another state legislature intends to do something similar, rolling back the cutoff date to 30 years. Connecticut's proposed changes to its rules for registering antique cars, buried toward the end of H.B. 7050, An Act Concerning Enhancements To Municipal Finance And Accountability, would make two significant changes. First, it would amend the state's definition of antique, rare, or spec

View in Browser | Subscribe Wednesday, February 22, 2017 How old's old enough? States consider revising criteria for antique vehicle registration Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photo by Trenten Kelley. While one state legislator's attempt to restrict the definition of antique vehicle has been negated, another state legislature intends to do something similar, rolling back the cutoff date to 30 years. Connecticut's proposed changes to its rules for registering antique cars, buried toward the end of H.B. 7050, An Act Concerning Enhancements To Municipal Finance And Accountability, would make two significant changes. First, it would amend the state's definition of antique, rare, or spec... Read More Hemmings Find of the Day - 1967 Volvo L3314 HT Laplander Posted by Daniel Strohl - Unrestored 1967 Volvo L3314 HT Laplander for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: The Volvo L3314 is a four-wheel drive, forward control cross-country truck, specially built for service under arduous conditions. The L33 series was offered with different body-variants such as hard-top, half-cab, soft-top, or special versions mounting anti-tank weapons. Our version here is the L3314HT, hard-top with mechanical winch, in fantastic mechanical and cosmetic condition. Aside from an off-colored paint j...Read More 1958 Packard declared "King of Kustoms" at 2017 Sacramento Autorama Posted by Kurt Ernst - Rita, the 1958 Packard roadster created by John D'Agastino and Oz Welch. Photos courtesy Sacramento Autorama, except gallery images by Dan Stoner. It began life as a 1958 Packard Hardtop, and according to owner and designer John D'Agostino of Celebrity Kustoms, may well be the last Packard ever built. After seven years of work by Oz Welch (and others), D'Agostino's Packard is now a two-seat roadster named Rita, a nod to silver screen siren Rita Hayworth. Last weekend the car picked up one of the coveted "Big B" a...Read More Hard top...soft life - Triumph's TR3 Posted by Richard Lentinello - Magazine ad from the author's collection. Remember the scene in the movie Viva Las Vegas when Elvis and Cesare Danova (aka, Count Elmo Mancini) are lying under the Count's Ferrari when Ann-Margret walks into the garage? Evidently she's experiencing car trouble with her white Triumph TR3A, and asked Elvis and the Count to check it out, although Elvis was checking out more than just the little Triumph. Four years before Viva Las Vegas was released, the Standard-Triumph Motor Company placed this full-page, bl...Read More Chicago, 1973 Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: October 1973 Location: Dan Ryan Expressway, Chicago, Illinois Source: John H. White, EPA's Documerica (via) What do you see here?...Read More Seller Listings Learn More 1973 Mercury Cougar XR7 $21,450 1926 Franklin $8,950 1966 Chevrolet Chevy II $64,500 1986 Alfa Romeo Spider $12,850 1955 Mercury Montclair $37,500 1939 Ford Super Deluxe $79,500 THIS DAY IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY 2/22/1923: The one millionth Chevrolet is built. 2/22/1959: The first Daytona 500 is held UPCOMING EVENTS Cavalcade of Cars March 3, 2017 - Hamburg, NY Smokey Mountain Indoor Swap Meet March 3, 2017 - White Pine, TN Shawnee Swap Meet March 3, 2017 - Shawnee, OK Winter Swap Meet March 4, 2017 - Marietta, OH Dave & Ed's Super Auto Events Pro-Formance Swap Meet March 4, 2017 - Canton, OH Annual Celebration of Cars March 4, 2017 - Melbourne, FL See All Events FEATURED CLASSIFIEDS Sponsored By: 1970 Ford Mustang $39,900 1988 BMW M3 $55,900 1964 Pontiac GTO $32,500 1969 Plymouth Road Runner $23,900 1934 Ford Standard $40,000 1953 Dodge B $19,500 1939 Chevrolet Master Deluxe $18,000 1934 Ford $72,000 PROMOTED LISTING 1989 Ferrari Testarossa PROMOTED LISTING 1970 Plymouth AAR 1948 Hudson Commadore complete parts car $2,950 View All Classifieds FEATURED IN THE BLOG Sponsored By: Inspired by a '36 Packard, the Mulholland Speedster is America's Most Beautiful Roadster for 2017 The Best or Nothing: 1972 Mercedes-Benz S-Class brochure See All Featured Blog Posts FOLLOW US: View Newsletter Archives Hemmings Motor News will not sell or share your e-mail address with other companies. For more information about this newsletter, email webmaster@hemmings.com or write to: Customer Service, Hemmings Motor News, 222 Main St., Bennington VT 05201. If you do not want to receive this newsletter from Hemmings Motor News, you can change your email preferences here.