Protecting historically important cars - vs. electric conversion

[breezer]

Prompted by the electric conversions on offer for some pretty significant and lovely classic cars, I was thinking about whether some sort of protection is in order, like the listed properties register.

What are your views? If any of you use LinkedIn it would help me tremendously if you’d be willing to check out and vote in/comment on/“like” the poll I’ve put together!

Thank you!

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[allandwf]

I would hope they could be easily converted back at some point when the fad passes.

 

[GeoffCapes]

I've liked, responded and shared to my network.

 

[breezer]

I've liked, responded and shared to my network.

Thank you! I really appreciate the help. We’re getting good traction but it’s hard to spread the word.

 

[2b1ask1]

Prompted by the electric conversions on offer for some pretty significant and lovely classic cars, I was thinking about whether some sort of protection is in order, like the listed properties register.

What are your views? If any of you use LinkedIn it would help me tremendously if you’d be willing to check out and vote in/comment on/“like” the poll I’ve put together!

Thank you!

Trade Classics on LinkedIn: We’ve been thinking a lot about electrification of classic cars, and have…

We’ve been thinking a lot about electrification of classic cars, and have mixed views - so we’d be really keen to understand what you think! In the U.K.…

www.linkedin.com

Thanks for the thoughts; I'm not entirely convinced of the merits of a 'listing' type system, I get it for houses and important structures as diverse as the Markham Moor Starbucks and our local skate park 'The Rom'. I'm not sure cars or other ICE vehicles need it. Are we in danger of creating an ICE version of Railway preservation societies? There are plenty of motor museums already are there not? Preservation is only really a thing of the 2nd half of the 20th century onwards. Don't get me wrong, I'm keeping my Hoover 612 going in regular use at approaching 70 years old (well bits of it are). I have no intention of giving up the GS but surely listing it will simply move rare cars (bikes, busses, trucks etc.) even further into the unobtainable realms. Also if they crack the performance of Hydrogen conversion for example, I wouldn't be adverse to the notion of adopting it.

 

[Oneball]

Not for me either. A car is whatever the owner wants it to be. If you want an electric motor in your Alfa fair enough. If you want a date coded windscreen washer pump for your mini knock your socks off. Both are ****** in my mind and I’ll take the **** but we’re all different.

This is historically significant and because it’s genuinely historically significant no one is going to mess with it.


This is stupidly expensive but it’s not historically significant if you want to paint mauve and put a lawnmower engine in it go ahead


The only reason for this sort of thing is to make knobby car collectors richer.