Make it illegal to scrap 'old vehicles' through 'scrappage'

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Make it illegal to scrap 'old vehicles' through 'scrappage'

Post by Alan 480 » Wed Jan 31, 2018 12:45 pm

Petition:

Make it illegal for manufacturers to process vehicles which have Historic Vehicle on their V5 documents though any scrappage scheme. A simple way to avoid losing rare road heritage is to make all vehicles with Historic Vehicle on their V5 document, legally exempt from scrappage.

A decision taken by Ford UK to scrap a rare Standard 10 was recently highlighted and reversed. The mint condition classic had been sent for scrap by Ford after it was traded in for a Transit. There are many other examples of historic vehicles being sent for a similar fate. They should have legal protection.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/207027

pS the Standard was eventually saved, but Ford were 'not keen' :(
Alan

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Re: Make it illegal to scrap 'old vehicles' through 'scrappage'

Post by brinkie » Wed Jan 31, 2018 1:31 pm

Ford, isn't that the company that has literally thrown away the remaining stock of Volvo 480 parts, the moment they had the legal right to do so?
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Re: Make it illegal to scrap 'old vehicles' through 'scrappage'

Post by frenchfries » Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:27 pm

did my duty :)
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2011 Juke 190 for everything else

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Re: Make it illegal to scrap 'old vehicles' through 'scrappage'

Post by jifflemon » Wed Jan 31, 2018 10:23 pm

signed and shared

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