Looking at a vintage racing car, its roll cage etc. would no way be up to current MSA scrutineering standards of safety. I seem to remember someone telling me that as long as a car had been passed scrutineering and competed in the past then the car has 'grandfather rights' to keep on competing in motorsport events for ever more.
If this were not the case then masses of vintage cars would be outlawed every year as the regs get ever tighter year upon year.
For example, if a car raced in '75, presumably it would be scrutineered against the required standards in '75, if entered into a 2011 event?
Is this correct?
I have some saloons that raced at Donington in '83 (according to footage on YouTube), so I presume that they can continue to race? Would they need FIA belts, extinguishers and so on
There's no make, model or serial number on the cage at all (no markings whatsoever!) -more details of the car are here:
http://www.maestro.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=15649
Below is a fairly unstructured compilation of various snippets of advice from a similar debate on a different forum (concerning a Safety Devices cage in a Manta)
If this were not the case then masses of vintage cars would be outlawed every year as the regs get ever tighter year upon year.
For example, if a car raced in '75, presumably it would be scrutineered against the required standards in '75, if entered into a 2011 event?
Is this correct?
I have some saloons that raced at Donington in '83 (according to footage on YouTube), so I presume that they can continue to race? Would they need FIA belts, extinguishers and so on
There's no make, model or serial number on the cage at all (no markings whatsoever!) -more details of the car are here:
http://www.maestro.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=15649
Below is a fairly unstructured compilation of various snippets of advice from a similar debate on a different forum (concerning a Safety Devices cage in a Manta)
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