MAITLAND CLASSIC MOTOR ASSOCIATION

President’s Website Report, July 2025

Welcome to our Maitland Classic Motor Association Inc (MCMA) website. Our club is steadily growing as people in the Lower Hunter Valley continue to value their historic vehicles. As a club that caters for all types and models historic vehicles, it is only natural that we attract people pursuing their historic motoring interests, in a highly social and supportive club. If you are a first-time reader of our website and interested in joining our club, peruse this website especially the photo galleries. To chat, by all means call me (0412726420).

Our membership stands at 287, the highest since establishment in 1992. The key attraction of motoring clubs such as ours, is the historic registration scheme or HVS (historic registration). This is available to financial members of participating clubs such as ours. Registration and insurance are much cheaper than ‘full’ registration and as well as official club events, members have access to 60 days of recreational and private driving through the logbook. Additionally, our club provides extensive range of runs and events from our weekly Wednesday runs through to tours that go for weeks and cover thousands of kilometres. For aspiring and recent members our official club run every Wednesday and show ‘n shines about once a month on a weekend, prove very popular; any perusal of the website will bear witness to that fact.

If you are interested in joining our club, come along to a meeting or run/event, sign the attendance book, and have a chat about the club and membership. If possible, talk with me (President Ian Scanlon) or give me a call (0412726420). If you give me your mobile number, I can inform you of future events. If not, these are published under Events on our website. Our club requires prospective members to attend three (3) runs/events before formally applying for membership. Initial membership is $60 ($50 annual fee and $10 for a membership badge). Membership is based on the financial year, July 1st to June 30th.

It is important that prospective and current members of MCMA are aware of their responsibilities under HVS. Our club follows the recommendations of Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW). This means that we will only register standard (unmodified) vehicles under this scheme. We do approve some minor modifications that are recommended by TfNSW. We sometimes consider some modified vehicles under the Classic Vehicle Scheme (CVS). These vehicles usually require an engineer’s certificate. Step in seeking HVS registration are:

a.       to talk with one of our scrutineers,

b.      then if your vehicle is eligible, visit an Authorised Inspection Scheme station and pay for a safety inspection report (pink slip) on paper, and

c.       make an appointment with one of scrutineers for and originality inspection; they will then describe the next few steps.

Members are reminded of the excellent range of MCMA merchandise that Mick has available at each of our meetings. The merchandise enhances our club image at runs and events and well as being functional, especially the umbrellas. The windscreen sashes really enhance each of our vehicles at show ‘n shines.

Club membership subscriptions are due before June 30th. We prefer that members to pay immediately by EFT – make sure you identify your payment with your name. Our club bank details are BSB: 637000 and Acc: 722593383. If you don’t do electronic banking, you can pay $50 cash at the July meeting.

Please enjoy your historic vehicle/s and the pleasure your hobby brings everyone. Be sure to take care on our roads. Enjoy your historic/classic on official club runs/events, or via ‘personal use’ using your logbook.

Kind regards,

Ian Scanlon

MCMA President and Events Co-ordinator.

ian.scanlon53@bigpond.com

0412726420