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I was behind this car this morning; I’m not sure that a Ford Laser circa 1986 qualifies as an historic vehicle?
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Brilliant. If you can’t afford a new car, get a Historic number plate so people think you’re a collector.
That would be a KA Laser – 1980 to 1983. It’s more than 30 years old so it can qualify. It needs to be close to original condition to qualify.
Looks like a nice neat example of a KA Laser to me – on sale between 1981 and 1983, so is now 30 years old and thus qualifies as an historic vehicle, yup. Given the NSW rego I’d assume it’s associated with the Small Ford Car Club of NSW.
Minimum age requirement fir historic rego is 30 years.
I don’t know my Laser models that well, but I did have a mate who was the son of a Ford dealer back in the day and I remember his mum driving around with us riding in the hatch/boot in 1982 or 1983.
And you try and tell that to the kids of today, they’d never believe you!
palndrumm said :
Yep 1981 is correct. The first front wheel drive Mazda 323 which was the same car as the KA Laser with cosmetic differences was released in Australia in 1980 but the Laser appeared the following year.
I had a ’82 laser back in ’92. It was historic then
And I would suggest they’re skirting the rules of NSW historic car registration, in particular:
“The vehicle’s use of the road network is restricted to club events.”
My Grandfather had one when they were new, so as far as I am concerned it is historic.
Gismondo said :
Think you mean “hysteric”, Gis.
I guess it must have parked correctly, otherwise the number plate would be blacked out.
They were a great little machine.
thebrownstreak69 said :
Badge engineered by Mazda, as were the Ford Telstars. Only problems were the electrics otherwise totally reliable.
I always thought there was a difference between vintage (30+ years old) and historic (valuable for historical purposes, eg. a car the queen was in)?
Conan of Cooma said :
Not with regards to historic registration.
Sammy said :
Its a fair chance.
Condition Codes
GO94 Use only in conjunction with an authorised club event or maintenance.
OL3 Registered operator must be a member of an authorised motoring club.
Special Conditions Goulburn Historic and Classic Car Club
Either the Goulburn club is holding an event in Canberra this morning or there are no repairers in Goulburn capable…..
thebrownstreak69 said :
My very first car was an 81 laser – a two door 1.3 carby fed engine. The major problem that I encountered was that the inside of the fuel tank would rust so flakes and bits of rust would make their way through the fuel lines and into the carby, which would then just flood and choke the engine. I was told this was a common problem.
When a Laser becomes an historic car then you know it’s time to change the definition of ‘historic car’.
Interesting about the 30 years + being classified as an historic vehicle. I just found the following link on the RTA website, and I’m not sure that this one would qualify for a conditional registration.
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registration/conditional_registration.html
There was a young person driving with the *doof doof* going, and he took off at great speed and old car noise.
Not nearly as exciting at being overtaken by the tiny Fiat Abarth an hour later in the city, now that’s a cute little car!
I thought 30+ years was ‘Classic’. Needed to be older for Historic, not sure exactly how long.
Thumper said :
It’s interesting in a way, back in the early 1980s a 30yo car was an FX Holden, or similar, which, compared with a Laser, looks like it came from another planet.
So in that context a 30yo Laser doesn’t look too radically different to a Festiva, for example. Yet, if you were to list the mechanical and equipment differences of the two cars the 80s Laser would be much closer to the 50s Holden than it is to the current model Festiva.
Hi All Thanks Folks for the nice comments
As to PADOOF
#1
You need to get your facts right
As the for the car being in ACT this morning ! It has been parked in my shed since 5 pm yesterday (Sunday) So NOT TRUE
#2
This is an 11/81 Ford Laser S Model Apart from the headers (period modification ) I don’t think you will find a more original series 1 Laser around which meet all Classic/Historic requirements to be classed for historic rego
#3
As a member of a number of car clubs both NSW & ACT ,As long as the primary club the car is registered with is aware of the cars movements I meet all the rules& Regulations of the conditional rego. Which they where.
#4
As For a young man (Thank you)
I owned an 81 2 door laser when they where considered NEW
#5
As For the DOOF DOOF you heard Not sure where it was coming for but it was certainly NOT my Standard one speaker AM radio. That would not have enough lift to make an ANT jump
If I live to see the Toyota Camry of any year regarded as classic or historic could someone please take me out and shoot me?
Thanking you in anticipation.
poetix said :
http://johnsarkis.hubpages.com/hub/The-Toyota-Camry
Poetix you may wish to revise your comment – if the Laser qualifies as historic, so does a 1982 Camry.
You beauty, time to bring out the Camira!!! I like it when the men with white coats come.
poetix said :
Historic: Motor vehicles manufactured from 1931 to vehicles which are 30 years of age inclusive. Oh dear this is looking very ominous Poetix as Toyota Camry’s first appeared in 1982.
poetix said :
My RAAF annual shooting record would indicate that if I was chosen to pull the trigger, your life span would in fact be greatly enhanced…
drfelonious said :
drfelonious said :
Shoot straight, you bastards!
drfelonious said :
Earliest version I could find in Aus was 1983, and specifically from April…
http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf/carfamilytree?ReadForm&make=Toyota&model=Camry
Poetix, what’re you going to do with your next few months before someone calls “Shotgun!”?
Sorry, bad gag, I know…
Mr Padoof assures me that the *doof doof* was from the Abarth sighted later…getting my wee cars mixed up.
Photo and words submitted on Sunday; John Boy’s day of rest saw a day’s delay in publishing. Without any offence intended to be caused to owner, I still question a car a few years younger than my good self being “historic”…ouch!
Diggety said :
That is correct but there is no classic redgo so it goes under historic