Why the return?

[DisRuptor]

Officially you can't be an antique unless your over 100 years old. In car terms were "Classic" - but a 20 year old car is just an old wreck  :bounce

[Juran]

True enough. So no antiques here just classics and wrecks  

[Steve Angelis]

ok i take offence to that.  im almost 20!

[DisRuptor]

Poor wreck      

[Juran]

hehe

[Age]

That would be a collector car over 20 years more like 25 .The other being antique is about 60 to 75 I believe.I would go and see a car show if I were you guys.I started working on cars when I was 6.

[Steve Angelis]

phew im out of the woods on that one.

im not one for car shows.  i find them, um, boring.

*ducks and watches for flying objects.*

[Juran]

I think as far as getting plates for an older car, doesn't it vary depending on where you live? I might be wrong, but I think where I live you can get an "antique" license plate when the vehicle is 50 years old. And I think there might be a "classic" plate for those at 25. I didn't start as early as age but I do like working on cars.

Steve, I don't know how close you are to Detroit, but maybe you would like the Woodward Cruise. It isn't your normal car show.

[flyingvirtual]

in Belgium you can request and old timer plate when the car is 25

i believe that's the proper word you were lookign for
cars above 25 are called old timers

[DisRuptor]

Antique doesn't apply to cars - as I said earlier. Cars are vintage , veteran or classic in UK. Over 20 years old usually means a wreck unless restored. Rust rules! And I only ever owned one car - decided I prefered bikes - part owned my first at 10. It used to be you didn't pay road tax on cars over 25 years old, but they stopped that a few years ago. This is turning into yet another waffle thread  :bounce

[Victory]

Actually, I would definatly consider a Model T Ford (Circa 1920) an antique, and a '57 Chevy a classic. I prefer the '69 Shelby Mustang, and That my friends I just plain call Kick [censored]!

[flyingvirtual]

yeah but i cost alot of money to keep such old cars working, they need a lot of maintenance

[Age]

Like Juran said it is where you live.I was referring to my area or my Province and I like working on older cars mostly 50s.60s and 70s.The newer cars are a headache as you can't work on them in your own garage .

[Victory]

The upkeep of older cars is actually not that bad if you do the work yourself, which most people do. It's more satisfing to accomplish it yourself, rather than just drive what someone else did

[Juran]

My 1969 Olds 442 finally moved from my dad's garage to mine. Maybe now I can get some work done on it. I just had a guy stop by the other day wanting to know if I needed parts. He has almost every body part I need and is willing to sell them at a good price. Woohoo. Just wait till Spring gets here and the weather is warm enough for me to work on it.