Lithgow Vintage Motor Club Inc.
A brief look back at our club shows that a small group of local old car enthusiasts got together in February 1983 and decided to form a club. The word was spread around town and in March of that year, 25 folk held the inaugural meeting and named the club “Lithgow Vintage Motor Club”, we chose the name “Running Board Rag” for our newsletter.
By the end of 1983, membership had grown to 38, and the club had received RTA approval and was operating on the “Club Plate” conditional registration scheme. The club became an Incorporated Association in November 1986.
In the early days, members’ vehicles were mainly of the pre-World War 2 era; however, over the past years and via the various past iterations of the now Transport for New South Wales club approval policies, our club registrar currently has 118 cars and 15 motorcycles of various ages up to the 30-year-old limit registered on the Historic Vehicle Scheme.
Even though the club has approval to register vehicles on the Classic Vehicle Scheme, we currently don’t have any vehicles on this scheme at present, but there are a couple of modified vehicles currently being built.
Over the years, our club has established a very social atmosphere and along with the enthusiasm for heritage motoring it has seen membership grow to 120 members enjoying the monthly meetings, midweek lunch runs, weekend outings, long tours and participation in events organised by other clubs.
Membership of our club is available to motoring enthusiasts residing or having connections in the Lithgow district, whether young or elderly, you don’t have to own a heritage vehicle to be a member.
Rodney Rossi
LVMC Public Officer, Vehicle Registrar (responsible person).