Presidents Prattle September 2026
I know that as we age time flies even faster than it used to, but this is ridiculous, a
month cannot have gone by since I wrote the last prattle. Maybe it is because we
have been busy with Club things as well as family time and the fact that Julie’s
Fiat has come back from the upholsterer looking fantastic. With a couple of jobs
to get it ready for rego I will have another busy month I expect.
After last month’s topic of questions as to how things should be done I received a
couple of calls regarding the correct use of the log book we get from Transport
and the conditions of use we get when we renew our VC rego. I will send the
correspondence I have had with the Vehicle Management Team for you to read
for yourselves to the editor in the hope there will be room for the whole. (See next
pages) I would like to thank Joe Young for allowing me to use his car as an
example to show what is actually happening.
The main things to come out of the replies is that the log book should only be
filled in when your car is being used for other than a club event, and perhaps
more importantly the conditions of use form many of us have received are actually
for SI rego not VC rego. If you have less than five conditions of use, you, like me
have the wrong form, so next time you pay your rego make sure you are given the
appropriate form for VC as in the response from the Vehicle Management Team.
You will find that the website for VC and Street Rod registration has been updated
and does include the five categories mentioned in the letter.
A few cars have come to the State recently to reside with our members, so keep
an eye out for them as I’m sure you will be impressed. It is always pleasing to see
new things come to replace the ones we lose to the mainland and overseas.
The tyres for our project Dodge four should be with us very shortly so I expect it
won’t be long before we have a ceremonial start-up to keep the enthusiasm on
the boil.
Happy old car motoring.
Joe Clippingdale
month cannot have gone by since I wrote the last prattle. Maybe it is because we
have been busy with Club things as well as family time and the fact that Julie’s
Fiat has come back from the upholsterer looking fantastic. With a couple of jobs
to get it ready for rego I will have another busy month I expect.
After last month’s topic of questions as to how things should be done I received a
couple of calls regarding the correct use of the log book we get from Transport
and the conditions of use we get when we renew our VC rego. I will send the
correspondence I have had with the Vehicle Management Team for you to read
for yourselves to the editor in the hope there will be room for the whole. (See next
pages) I would like to thank Joe Young for allowing me to use his car as an
example to show what is actually happening.
The main things to come out of the replies is that the log book should only be
filled in when your car is being used for other than a club event, and perhaps
more importantly the conditions of use form many of us have received are actually
for SI rego not VC rego. If you have less than five conditions of use, you, like me
have the wrong form, so next time you pay your rego make sure you are given the
appropriate form for VC as in the response from the Vehicle Management Team.
You will find that the website for VC and Street Rod registration has been updated
and does include the five categories mentioned in the letter.
A few cars have come to the State recently to reside with our members, so keep
an eye out for them as I’m sure you will be impressed. It is always pleasing to see
new things come to replace the ones we lose to the mainland and overseas.
The tyres for our project Dodge four should be with us very shortly so I expect it
won’t be long before we have a ceremonial start-up to keep the enthusiasm on
the boil.
Happy old car motoring.
Joe Clippingdale