<VV> FC Reaches 60 Degrees

[Jeffrey B. Aronson]

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> Tomorrow marks the one year anniversery of driving my FC as a second car and not as a antique. I will have to  pass a Maine safety inspection, which is required yearly. I drove it on a frozen lake today and that was a lot of fun. I pulled some kids by 'skid hoppin' which was great fun. My cab has been insulated well . The thermometer on the dash reached 60 degrees. It was 20 F outside. The rock salt has done a litttle more damage. One of the kids hanging out on the lake told me that some of the High Schools would do body work repairs in their Shop class. I might look into it. Meanwhile, I'm looking for an extra windshield.
David,

I have two cars of age to be licensed as "antiques" that I register 
under regular plates, too. I register two other cars, one Land Rover and 
the Monza, as antiques largely because the local island garage prefers 
not to be swamped with so many low-paying inspections.

Maine is very generous with users of antique plates; the only legal 
restriction is that it cannot be your primary car. My insurance company 
does not adjust policy pricing by registration type - they just consider 
them "old car.s" and reduce the policy costs accordingly. There's no 
mileage restriction by either state regulations or insurance coverage.

I know that the technical school in Rockland has a mechanical/body shop 
program and that, for the price of paint and supplies, they will prep 
and paint cars. I'm sure you have a few technical schools in southern Maine.

Good luck,

Jeff Aronson
Vinalhaven, ME 04863
www.landroverwriter.com <http://www.landroverwriter.com>

'66 Land Rover Series II-A 88" [2]
'66 Corvair Monza Coupe 110/4
'80 Triumph TR-7 Spider