Dave, I know what the rulebook says & I firmly believe that the rulebook requires change in relation to the Custom Classic class.Dave wrote:Re the wagons the top car has a chassis, the bottom car does not. To be accepted it must have a chassis so the bottom one misses out because that is what the handbook says! To be accepted the bottom car would not a lot more modifications to achieve the necessary points (130) to take it into Mild Custom class, where a chassis is not a requirement. But that is a whole other argument which has been discussed here many times over! Can we keep this thread about the handbook itself rather than arguing the rules within it. For the record we never had 32-36 3 window Ford coupes, 39-48 Ford coupes, 36-39 Chev coupes or lots of other now popular bodies either! There have been U.S imports for a very long time and that will likely continue. The fact they are accepted under the rules are part of the reason for their popularity, but that is one of the byproducts of the rules within the handbook, but again that is a whole other subject!
I also think that my comments are valid because the rules within the rulebook in fact make the rulebook.
I realise that the thought behind this thread is " where is the bloody rulebook ". I've just realised that mine is most likely up to date. I thought that I must have been a SLACKARSE
because the last amendment in mine is Oct.2002. 
Amendments used to come on a regular basis, the previous in mine being--Nov.2001,Nov.1998,Aug.1997& Apr.1997.Why has it taken so long for a rewrite? I know that Mark has touched on this BUT please ,10 years.
To quote FCCOOL." I think it's worth whatever it takes to preserve our own rod & custom history, we should stop forgeting our own rod & custom history and stop trying to be american, we also need to remember what a custom is."
I don't know if a TOTAL rewrite of the rulebook is being done BUT If it is then maybe its not necessary. The one section that is constantly being discussed seems to be that of the Custom Classic class.
Mark has ,I think given a fairly good insight into the reasons why there is such a dilemma with the Custom Classic/Custom classes but we need to move on.
MarkMark Saunders wrote:I disagree with Dave, I think this kind of discussion about the content is exactly what is needed in this thread."
So the "custom classic" class is a class for classic vehicles in the pre-65 grouping.
The chassis clause was added to that class in the 80's as the members WANTED to exclude aussie cars
So the first thing to understand is we didn't "accidentally" include fairly standard yanky cars and exclude aussie cars...... we did it deliberately
The reason dates back to beyond my involvement, but I have heard it was done because we wanted to keep the indoor show type events full of US based iron, and exclude aussie cars, because the punters were there to see US iron, not the stuff they could see at the supermarket car park.
The problem now is that you can see these cars in your supermarket car park therefore that argument doesn't wash any longer.
Ken.
