'96 (82?) Lasers now historic vehicles?

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

When a Laser becomes an historic car then you know it’s time to change the definition of ‘historic car’.

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.

I thought 30+ years was ‘Classic’. Needed to be older for Historic, not sure exactly how long.

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!

thebrownstreak69 said :

They were a great little machine.

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.

Sammy said :

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.”

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…..

Conan of Cooma said :

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)?

Not with regards to historic registration.

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)?

thebrownstreak69 said :

They were a great little machine.

Badge engineered by Mazda, as were the Ford Telstars. Only problems were the electrics otherwise totally reliable.

They were a great little machine.

I guess it must have parked correctly, otherwise the number plate would be blacked out.

Gismondo said :

I had a ’82 laser back in ’92. It was historic then

Think you mean “hysteric”, Gis.

My Grandfather had one when they were new, so as far as I am concerned it is historic.

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.”

I had a ’82 laser back in ’92. It was historic then

palndrumm said :

Looks like a nice neat example of a KA Laser to me – on sale between 1981 and 1983,

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.

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!

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.

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.

Brilliant. If you can’t afford a new car, get a Historic number plate so people think you’re a collector.