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From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Vintage
> ^^^^^^^
Vintage has a rigid definition and is applied to cars built before 1930
> Veteran
> ^^^^^^^
This is pre 1902 or thereabouts, but I believe the definition has just been changed,
at least as far as eligibility for the London to Brighton run is concerned.
> Classic
> ^^^^^^^
A while back I got dragged into the rhetorical discussion about this on
uk.rec.cars.classic, where many people at that time were keen to bash the Morris
Marina. Getting sick of people who were happy to dismiss anything once plentiful but
not groundbreaking as completely worthless, I submitted the following:
"Not having a copy of the OED to hand, I checked the dictionary.com website.
I like their noun definition number 4 which states "A typical or traditional
example. ""
Of course there are plenty of other definitions of the term, but this one fits my
vision of what classic cars mean to me.
Cheers,
Bill.
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