Concerned with the negative impact the Luxury Car Tax (LCT) has had on the Historic Car movement in Australia, a group of clubs have formed the Australian Historic Vehicle Interest Group under the direction of our past President, Doug Young.
This page will help our members and visitors to stay up to date with the Group's activities and progress with relevant articles, links and submissions.
Visit again for updates!
Vintage Car Club of Queensland Inc.
Since 1955
Since 1955
COVID-19 UPDATE
18 September 2021
We're still affected by Covid regulations that can change without warning. Check the Events page to see what's happening.
Rockhanpton members Doug and Raewyn Crossman showing off their Amilcar. Photo: David Fryer
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Since 18 Sept 2018
ABOUT US
Monthly Meetings have resumed (July 2020) and are usually held on the third Friday of each month at the club rooms of the Veteran Car Club of Australia (Qld). Meetings open at 7:30pm but a pre-meeting BYO everything barbecue is typically enjoyed from about 6:30pm. Supper is provided after the meeting. Strict COVID-19 restrictions currently apply.
Events of one form or another - breakfasts, lunches, dinners, mid-week runs, weekend and week-long tours - are held throughout the year, with the cooler winter months preferred for touring. The Annual Concours in June is a favorite and for those who enjoy something different there's always the Virgins Breakfast!
Impromptu Events can be laid on at short notice. Ths is how..
The VCCQ Library is well stocked and catalogued. It's open before and after meetings, with most books available for borrowing at nominal cost.
Newsletter. The Vintage Car is our monthly newsletter, delivered by email and widely regarded as one of the best.
Newsletter Archive. You can now access the archive containing every issue from the very first to recent times by clicking HERE
Our Facebook page carries interesting stuff - mainly pictures - from our club and from other parts of the world. Have a look.
Dating of Vehicles is important in terms of authenticity and a certified dating certificate is mandatory for anyone seeking concessional registration under SIVS, the Queensland Government's Special Interest Vehicle Scheme. Our Dating Officer assists members in this area.
Useful Products & Services. At present we don't have our own directory, but you might like to look at the listings maintained by other Queensland clubs with similar interests:
A Little Background. In 1955 the Vintage Car Club of Queensland was formed by a group of like-minded Brisbane enthusiasts to foster interest in the history, preservation and use of fine vintage cars. There were 17 members at the beginning and these days we number around 100. We're the oldest historic motoring club in Queensland, catering particularly for fine vintage and pre-WWII automobiles.
Classifications. The cars that interest us are classified in line with generally accepted Australia definitions.
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Veteran cars: manufactured before 1919.
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Vintage cars: manufactured in the period 1919 - 1930 inclusive.
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Post-Vintage Thoroughbreds: high quality cars built after 1930 but before 1946.
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Post-War Thoroughbreds: the very best of those manufactured in the period 1946 - 1960 inclusive
Membership is open now. We welcome enthusiasts of high-quality pre-WWII cars. You don't need to own an appropriate car. Please contact the club's Secretary for further information - just click HERE.
Sending Money? Banking information for members appears in The Vintage Car.
EVENTS
REGULAR EVENTS. The events listed here tend to be those organised by VCCQ members or to which we have been invited.
IMPROMPTU EVENTS. VCCQ has a Private Members Facebook page on which financial members can post their own impromptu events. This is how it works. CLUB MEMBERS ONLY!
Already part of it? Go to the Private Page.
2021 AWARD PRESENTATIONS
Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron - 24 October 2021
Formal distribution of the silverware. Details HERE
CASTLE RUMBLE - What's That?
31 October 2021
Meet at the clubrooms – 9am for 9:30am departure – and drive to Castle Rumble at 54 Gardiner Rd., Waterford. It’s a mysterious and fascinating place! The route will keep you off the motorway! BYO everything for morning tea/brunch. $5 admission
POWERHOUSE BACKSTAGE TOUR
24 November 2021
For $9 you’ll take a guided tour of the Brisbane Powerhouse as the public never sees it. We’re working on a reduced-price parking arrangement. Full details next month (November).
CHRISTMAS PARTY at the Clubrooms
17 December 2021
Details TBA
BOXING DAY BY THE BAY
26 December 2021
Details TBA
OTHER CLUBS...
From time to time our like-minded friends in other clubs/states put on excellent Invitational events.
RACV ALPINE TRIAL CENTENARY
Victoria - 20 - 27 November 2021
Organised by the RACV and the Vintage Drivers Club, this is an enticing week's program of motoring through much of the eastern half of Victoria. Details HERE.
NOOSA HINTERLAND LOOP
SORRY, POSTPONED - STAY TUNED
Organised by the Bugatti Club,
SLEEPING BEAUTIES SHED VISIT
Deferred - watch for new date
Details will be emailed to members
PROMISES, PROMISES...
No dates yet, but some nice flyers to contemplate. Can you spot the quirky bits?
WHITE KNUCKLE RUN
A blast for the fast! Planning is under way.
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GALLERIES
This page is always going to be a work in progress. Many pictures will be added over time, so come back again to see what's new.
Brian Carson is a great photographer and an inveterate Facebook poster - if you'd like to see more images try this.
And in 2018? Have a peep...
What about 2019? Look...
Perhaps 2020? Yessir!
Or 2021? Plenty to see
CONTACT
Postal Address
The Secretary
Vintage Car Club of Queensland Inc.
1376 Old Cleveland Rd
Carindale
Queensland 4152
Australia
For a map showing our address, click HERE
Where Are We?
Access to the clubrooms is tricky. Look at the map in Satellite mode and zoom right in. Access is only from Old Cleveland Rd., down the laneway to the right of the church.
Web Site
Inquiries to the Secretary
Any matters regarding the web site should be directed HERE.
THANKS, BUT WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN WEB SITE DEVELOPMENT OR SEO SERVICES. LET'S NOT WASTE EACH OTHERS' TIME.
For genuine inquiries please use this form:
If you remember Steady Barker
Dear Mr Birkigt…
There’s nothing quite so amorous and glamorous for cameras
As your Hispano-Suiza de la France:
None so fabulous, exotic and narcotic, or erotic
(Thus appealing to all rich - and maiden – aunts!).
I could write a bonny sonnet on the bonnet and how long it
Is from driving seat to scintillating stork;
And the engine’s so elastic and fantastically gymnastic,
With a hind-legs-of-a-donkey sort of torque.
Though it speaks with louder voices than Rolls-Royces, yet the noises
Are in keeping with its origins and birth,
And the character it oozes when it chooses to court floozies
Gives it more than pecuniary worth.
Now I used to know a rotter who had got a hot Isotta
And I’ve ridden in a 30/98;
And I’ve run a natty, somewhat tatty old Bugatti
At an altogether alarming rate.
But I’ve yet to find a motor which I’d vote a bigger quota
Of credit for sheer elegance and oomph.
By comparison the modern trash – all plated flash and balderdash –
Is worth a piece of perforated boomph.
RONALD BARKER
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