FBHVC’s aim is protect the right to use historic vehicles. This often requires FBHVC to respond to government consultations and to lobby both in Westminster and in Brussels to seek special treatment to ensure that users of historic vehicles are not unfairly disadvantaged.
Background knowledge about the subject in question and the interests being represented are essential if such representations are to be successful. FBHVC’s legislation team includes specialists on all aspects of the historic vehicle movement to ensure the relevant expertise is available when needed.
At the same time, considerable effort is made to understand the character and size of the historic vehicle movement by working with FIVA and the Historic Vehicle Research Institute to measure the extent of activity. HVRI is an international partnership of the people and organisations that aim to promote and protect our motoring heritage through research based knowledge, and FBHVC is one of the active partners.
By understanding how the vehicles now considered to be historic continue to be bought, sold, repaired, restored and just plain enjoyed, FBHVC is well armed to combat threats from legislation and to speak with authority about the historic vehicle movement.
In 2006, under the auspices of FIVA, FBHVC and HVRI led a major survey of the historic vehicle movement in several European countries. The UK element of this project demonstrated that the UK historic vehicle movement is worth £3 billion annually.
Reports on the results of these surveys can be found by clicking on the links here. They are in pdf format so will require an Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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