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            Updated 10:25  17 May 2012         

The IVVCC is pleased to announce that Willie Bryans is taking over as webmaster, effective immediately.  Willie has a great deal of experience in I.T. and you can expect a structurally and visually improved website in due course.

John Larkin will remain active on the website to assist Willie for a transitional period.

You can email Willie and John at webmaster@ivvcc.ie (16th May 2012)

See Jim Dolan's video here:  

Passage East Ferry

The Copper Coast with future Lotus owner

A desire of Vauxhalls

Mike Dennehy who did the whole route solo!

IVVCC Club News – March / April 2012

Recent Events:  Members of the club took part in parades over the length and breath of the country for Saint Patrick’s Day and we even helped the Dublin parade organisers out of a very awkward situation. A call was received from the organisers on the Tuesday before the parade to ask if we could help as the vehicle which was to carry the Grand Marshal John Giles on the day was out of service. On receiving the request, an email went out to all our members to see if we could find a replacement vehicle – we received a number of offers and these were forwarded to the organisers who chose Anselm Aherne’s pristine 1926 Citroen 12/24. Anselm has been a great supporter and ambassador for the club over the years and it was wonderful to see his car leading the parade complete with www.ivvcc.ie number plates and pictures appeared in several publications with him at the wheel sporting his IVVCC cap with John Giles in the back – Anselm could give the TV stations a few tips on product placement!

Not a place you would normally expect to see our cars but we received an offer which was too good to be refused from Patrick O’Sullivan of a stand at the Irish International Art and Antiques Fair in March. Colm O’Neill took on the task of stand co-ordinator and he certainly did a great job of getting a collection of cars to represent a cross section of our earlier motoring heritage. Vehicles in attendance included Andrew Bailey’s little 1904 Bebe Peugeot, a 1918 Ford Model T, 1929 DeSoto and two cars of differing areas of interest – Willie Bryans 1929 air cooled Franklin and Paul Barrett’s 1948 Wolseley 18 Police car which has been requested by the Metropolitan Police museum in Hendon for use at the Lord Mayors parade in London to celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee. The stand was manned over the weekend by a large number of members and the club’s thanks goes to all these people for helping to promote our hobby in such a positive manner.

Members cars also took part in several other events including the ‘Dublin: One City, One Book’ launch in the Mansion house which encourages everyone to read the same book during April of each year – this year the book chosen was Dubliners by James Joyce.

There was a large turnout at the club’s AGM on April 1^st with members such as Frank McKee travelling from Belfast and Lawrie Smith coming all the way from the U.K. During his President’s address, Tom Farrell made reference to the many wonderful events during the last year and the many great events planned for the coming months and  in particular mentioned the fact that this years Gordon Bennett would be attended by a dozen Rolls Royce Silver Ghosts which are to travel from Australia. Tom thanked all the members who have attended events held by both our club and our affiliated clubs. He also mentioned the level of assistance being given to the club by Irish Vintage Scene and thanked Myles O’Reilly of AXA for providing our special affiliated clubs insurance scheme.

Future Events:  Plans are well advanced for the club’s contribution to Ireland’s Historic Motoring Day on Monday 7th of May which we will be celebrating with an event in Russborough House, Blessington. A number of speakers will talk about their cars on the day including Eric Byrne on his Bewley Bentley, Denis Dowdall on Mercedes and Jim Boland on his collection. This promises to be a great day out and we would ask for the support of enthusiasts throughout the country to attend with their cars.

Entries for the IVVCC Opel Spring Rally have exceeded expectations with over eighty received so far and at the April members meeting we held the raffle for 18 fuel vouchers which varied in value from €20 to €30. This is just one of the initiatives that the club has introduced to help reduce the cost of attending events and we would also like to thank our affiliates for their assistance in the running of this event. We still have a very limited number of places for the Dungarvan start available on the event with the final closing date being 30^th April.

Don’t forget that the famous Sliabh Na mBan Rolls Royce armoured car will be making a rare appearance at the Clonmel Vintage & Classic Car Club's show in Powerstown Park in Clonmel on Sunday 6^th May – We wish them every success with this very well organised event.

Consultation on Selected Vehicle Components: The vehicle standards section of the Road Safety Authority recently requested submissions on behalf of interested parties in relation to reviewing the regulations on the supply, sale and fitment of certain safety and environmentally critical components. The IVVCC has made a comprehensive submission prepared by John Larkin containing twenty two recommendations and would like to thank the RSA for the opportunity of putting the old cars movement’s views forward.

IVVCC & Irish Vintage Scene: We were delighted to read about Thomas Heavey's sterling work in relation to making Minister Hogan aware of the difficulties facing our hobby in the last issue and it’s only by being active in this way that we can have an effect on legislation. The IVVCC have had previous contact with a number of ministers including John Gormley on upcoming legislation and have a meeting scheduled with minister Varadkar in the near future. We look forward to working with Thomas in these matters and request that as much support as possible be given by enthusiasts to these efforts.

Congratulations!: It’s great to report when a member secures a new addition and we would like to congratulate long time Gordon Bennett supporter Clive Mew on his acquisition of a 1929 Vauxhall 20/60. This maroon and black Richmond six light saloon is in a beautiful condition and is indeed a true addition to the Vintage treasury of Ireland. May he have many miles of happy motoring and we look forward to seeing it on its maiden voyage under Clive’s captaincy. 

Members Help: A lot of work takes place behind the scenes when it comes to organising an event and the board would like to ask any member who might be able to offer some of their time and become a member of our team to let Bernadette know at secretary@ivvcc.ie.

IVVCC / AXA

 Insurance scheme for affiliated clubs

Myles O'Reilly of AXA, with Shane Houlihan and Tom Farrell of the IVVCC, at the signing of the contract for the new insurance scheme for affiliated clubs.

Affiliate Clubs Insurance

 On election to the board, club affiliate secretary Shane Houlihan expressed his desire to improve communications with our affiliate clubs by meeting with them to find out how we could represent them better. One of the main concerns being expressed by clubs is the high cost of public liability insurance around the country and how for smaller clubs this represented a significant part of their expenses. Shane presented this to the board and after speaking to a number of companies, tenders were received, which after discussion by the board led to the decision that AXA had the most appropriate offering. This offering was designed to meet the specific needs of our affiliate clubs for the events they run at a considerable saving. This was only made possible by the fact that we represent over forty clubs and AXA has a clear understanding of our needs. On Wednesday 1^st of February a contract was signed by IVVCC club president Tom Farrell and Myles O’Reilly of AXA to provide this cover exclusively to clubs affiliated to the IVVCC.

To avail of this policy, a club should contact either Shane at  clubs@ivvcc.ie or Myles directly at myles.o’reilly@axa.ie 

If your club is not yet affiliated to the IVVCC and you would like become a member, please contact Shane and he will start the simple process for you. We hope this will be just one of a number of initiatives that the club is working on to help keep our hobby on the road and we particularly appreciate any feedback from clubs around the country.

                                    
Founded in 1963.
Ireland's premier enthusiasts club for vehicles from the dawn of motoring up to 1984.

The IVVCC is the National FIVA Authority (ANF) for Ireland.   (ANF: Autorité National FIVA)

Yesterday's vehicles on tomorrow's roads.

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The Irish Veteran and Vintage Car Club Limited was formed in 1963 to cater for owners of veteran and vintage vehicles and for enthusiasts who did not possess such vehicles. Vehicles catered for by the IVVCC now include post-vintage and classic cars. Cars are divided into the following classes:- 

• Antique: pre 1905

• Veteran: 1905-1918

• Vintage: 1919-1930

• Post Vintage: 1931 – 1945

• Classic 1946 – 1984*

*FIVA adopted a thirty year minimum age for the definition of an historic car from January 1st 2010.  The IVVCC decided to adopt this in a modified form to avoid exclusion of owners of cars that were over twenty five years old but not yet thirty.  The IVVCC adopted a cut-off date of 31st December 1984 which will remain in place until 31st December 2014, after which the thirty year rule will apply on a rolling basis (or whatever later rule supersedes it, if any).     

The club organises rallies, monthly meetings, picnics and outings as well as publishing a quarterly journal giving club news, details of vehicles for sale, information on vehicle restoration and articles of general interest. Various club sections run events especially suited to their own interests and section are usually included in club rallies to cater for these various sections.