Austin Seven Club's Association
and
Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs
CA7C actively supports the A7CA and FBHVC in the promotion of
the Austin Seven and our right to continue to enjoy the freedom to drive our cars
on the highways and to
safeguard that right for future generations.
The Austin Seven Club's Association (A7CA)
The
Association exists to promote the pre-war Austin Seven car through its umbrella
of Austin Seven Clubs. The Association was formed in 1969, with the view of
bringing together the various Austin Seven clubs that then existed. Now just
about every Austin Seven club worldwide is a member or associate member.
The Association produces a high quality
quarterly magazine, in the style of the Austin Seven handbooks, which are
available through the member clubs of the Association.
The Association is run by a committee which
is made up of members from the various clubs.
The Association's website,
www.a7ca.org contains a lot of useful
information on the history of the Austin Seven and related items.
The Surviving Chassis Register is of interest to anyone who
can recall the registration number of an Austin Seven in the family and would like
to see if it might still exist.
Timetable for the introduction of
various models.
Pictures of cars.
Information on paint and upholstery.
Publications, Handbooks and Parts Lists.
One of our up-country members acts as our
A7CA Representative and regularly attends Committee meetings.
One of our members is the Registrar for the
Surviving Chassis Register.
Until recently one of our members was the
Association's webmaster.
The Federation of Historic Vehicle Clubs
The Federation is a grouping of over 450 Clubs and Museums
together with some 1500 Trade and Individual Supporters.
The aim of the Federation is to uphold the
freedom to use old vehicles on the roads without any undue restriction and to
support its member organisations in whatever way it can.
A bi-monthly Newsletter keeps trade, club and
individual members up to date with the latest consultations and proposals for
new legislation etc.
In October 2006 the Federation published
two
research reports entitled: 'The Historic Vehicle Movement in the United Kingdom:
Maintaining our Transport Heritage'
'The Historic Vehicle
Movement in Europe: Maintaining our Mobile Transport Heritage'
The UK report now has a 2009
Supplement with additional data on 'Ownership and Use'; 'Club Membership'; and
the makes of vehicles owned.
The three
reports provide useful data on the size of the historic vehicle movement; the
employment and revenue earned; the numbers of vehicles on the roads, annual
usage and costs.
FBHVC has also published a ''Guide
for Users of Historic
Vehicles' offering advice to owners on the maintenance, understanding of their
vehicle and the extra driving standards which drivers should aspire to when
using their vehicles on the highway.
The recent Newsletters and
the three research reports can also be
downloaded from the FBHVC website at
www.fbhvc.co.uk
