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DINKUM OIL #37 key points from chmc delegates meeting @ NEWCASTLE, march 2026

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14,15,16 MAY 2027 - CHMC ANNUAL RALLY - MAITLAND A WEEKEND OF HERITAGE MOTORING HOSTED BY MAITLAND CLASSIC MOTORING ASSOCIATION

Make your National Motoring Heritage Day 2027 a weekend with like-minded enthusiasts and their historic vehicles, touring the scenic lower Hunter Valley. Send in your Registration of Interest Form  Rally Information and Registration of Interest Form

REGISTRATION MATTERS

HVS & CVS RESOURCES:

Key VEHICLE STANDARDS Information (VSI) 
• VSI 06 Light vehicle modifications NEW version July 2026 Advice to determine what modifications  require certification under VSCCS Compliance, and HVS eligibility
• VSI 09 Guidelines for alternative wheels and tyres  Giode to fitting alternative wheels or tyres to those supplied as original equipment 
• VSI 53 What is an individually constructed vehicle defines a "Restored vehicle" and a "Replica". Advice on ICVs and differences between ICVs and modified vehicles

NEW CHMC's VEHICLE REGISTRATION RESOURCE

Attention: ALL Club Committees, Elgibility Committees, Scrutineers, Repsonsible Persons and members accessing HVS and CVS registration
Covers:
• Club’s Responsible Person(s) and Club Stamp
• Club Processing of HVS
• Club Records
• Sighting Vehicles
• Imported Vehicles
• Kit Cars, Replica Vehicles and Tribute Vehicles
• Maintaining Your Club Calendar
• Are Clubs Required to Notify TfNSW if a member Leaves or Does not Renew?
• Using your HVS / CVS vehicle for functions
• Who can drive a HVS/CVS vehicle?
• What can be towed or be carried?

Guidelines for retrofitting seatbelts to pre-ADR vehicles

Advice for the installation of lap (2-point) or lap sash (3-point) seatbelts to pre-Australian Design Rule (ADR) vehicles that were not fitted with seatbelts by the vehicle’s original manufacturer.
Covers acceptable installation methods, component requirements, and compliance requirements for registration

  • Historic & classic vehicles must comply with specific Standards to operate on NSW roads. 
  • Club Eligibility Committees, Responsible Persons & Scrutineers should be familiar with the NSW Vehicle Standards for light vehicles and Vehicle Sheets for HVS & CVS, and apply these to all vehicles before processing HVS & CVS registrations.
  • If club officials are in any doubt, have the owner provide either an AUVIS report or HVAIS report
    • a "blue slip" AUVIS Report with a design check verifyies that a light vehicle is safe, and meets design and identity standards. Note: for significant modifications as per VSI 06  the vehicle must be issued a compliance certificate by a licensed certifier.
    • a "brown slip" HVAIS Report for a detailed safety, design, and identity check for heavy vehicles and buses. Note: Heavy Vehicle Standards Guides provide advice on a range of issues about heavy vehicle standards and modifications.

LEGAL OBLIGATIONS FOR CAR CLUBS

To be an Approved Club by TFNSW for HVS or CVS your club must be either a registered incorporated association in NSW under the Associations Incorporation Act 2009, or hold a current Certificate of Registration issued by (ASIC) AND meet Fair Trading or ASICS's reporting and compliance requirEments. TfNSW may revoke a club’s Approval to participate in the Schemes when compliance is not met.

GOOD CLUB GOVERNANCE - SOME IMPORTANT POINTS FOR CLUBS

A CHMC Resource for clubs, from a presentation given to club Delegates at their March 2026 meeting. Timely reminders and information of the lastest requirements for complianct and well governed clubs.

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, and operating heritage groupsand government agencies, through them we obtain factual and reliable information and have opportunities to advocate to them on the future of historic vehicles. For more information and news on fossil fuels for heritage vehicles;  calculating CO2 emission for historic vehicles; historic vehicles and the environment; and EV conversions of historic vehicles

THE COUNCIL OF HERITAGE MOTOR CLUBS N.S.W. INC. [CHMC] WAS FORMED IN 1970 IT REPRESENTS  VETERAN, VINTAGE, historic and CLASSIC MOTOR CLUBS THROUGHOUT NEW SOUTH WALES

        club Members own, preserve and restore cars, trucks, motorbikes, buses, tractors and antique machinery that ARE over 30 years old. mEMBERS ALSO HAVE  "youngtimers" - i.e. VEHICLES just waiting till they are old enough to be classed as historic
 These members and their clubs 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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