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kingdragonfly

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#306337 14-Jul-2023 08:45
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In case you see ads for "Classic for a cause", it's run out of Australia.

They may or may not be a good people, but they are certainly running it as a business, and not a regulated charity.

It's gotten some bad reviews
  • lack of transparency
  • not a non-profit
  • only VIP winners win
  • can't cancel membership
  • some cars are replicas
productreview.com.au: Not a Charity

These guys are a For Profit Company that used to be called Visual1 Investments Pty Ltd before changing their name to Classics for a Cause Pty Ltd.

Dodgy thing is that they charge one of their donor charities 'Young Veterans' to run their raffles and then claim to give them $1,280,0000.

Sounds like one big tax scam.

Their business model is selling you a discounts package that you pay for than receive an entry into their trade promotion, all so that they don't have to run a real lottery with proper regulatory oversight.

Could just be a barrel full of their mates names.

On the subject converting something like a 1960's Mustang to a RHD may cost up to NZ $25,000, though you'll usually have a better end product than the original.

If you're looking for a RHD that's more reasonably priced, Americans will sometimes sell RHD cars, which for obvious reasons are not popular in the USA (with the exception of the Jeep Wrangler)

Here's just one of many website where a right-hand drive car will appear in the US (I'm not affiliated)

https://classiccars.com/listings/find?description=rhd

Many are just British or Japanese cars that were shipped to the US, so you may be better looking at UK classic car websites directly.

But occasionally there's an oddball, that'll show up, and is for a good price.

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  #3104144 14-Jul-2023 17:14
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Makes me think of Greenpeace

 

 




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  #3104247 14-Jul-2023 23:37
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Before I begin, If you search the Charity Navigator you're not going to find "Classic for a cause", but you will find Greenpeace.

Just to be clear, I'm not a big fan of Greenpeace.

Greenpeace is broken down into one single international organization, and 26 regional offices.

I used to work for a non-profit marine mammal conservation organization. Green Peace International extensively stole our video footage, and used it in a very successful (for them) fund-raising campaign. They seemed to be more interested in Kopi Luwak coffee and cocktails than education and conservation.

But Greenpeace does abide by international tax codes, and formal structures that are highly regulated. For example each regional office is lead by a regional executive director elected by the regional board of directors. Also Greenpeace abides by the various complex non-profit statutes and non-profit tax codes.

In summary, if you're going to give money to Greenpeace, make damn sure it's a local regional offices, and not the useless international office.

Now onto "Classic for a cause." It is a business, not any form of non-profit, is not transparent, and may be just an investment firm.

I'm not saying they are necessarily bad people or conmen, but they could be. If someone were setting up a bogus charity, they'd be using the same dubious legal shenanigans.

Setting up a real charity is hard.

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  #3104248 14-Jul-2023 23:44
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I get ads for them in my social media feeds all the time, when I looked into it there is apparently no limit to the number of tickets sold and little oversight.

 

It does seem it's just a for-profit business, I'd like to think someone is getting a car and who knows what the charity is actually getting. Not willing to buy a ticket myself.




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  #3104260 15-Jul-2023 08:25
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kingdragonfly:

 

 
On the subject converting something like a 1960's Mustang to a RHD may cost up to NZ $25,000, though you'll usually have a better end product than the original.

 

 

 

Just out of curiosity, why would anyone want to convert a 1960s Mustang? Don't classics and older cars have an exemption?

 

 





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  #3104277 15-Jul-2023 10:00
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Regarding left-hand drive, I guess it's more for comfort. It's not unusual to also change drum brakes for disk brakes, LED headlights, audio, ...

Importing a left-hand drive vehicle
  • Light vehicles that are 20 years old or more (classic, antiques)
  • Special interest passenger car less than 20 years old
  • various commercial vehicles, like cranes, tractors, ...



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  #3104284 15-Jul-2023 10:34
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kingdragonfly: Regarding left-hand drive, I guess it's more for comfort. It's not unusual to also change drum brakes for disk brakes, LED headlights, audio, ...

Importing a left-hand drive vehicle

 

  • Light vehicles that are 20 years old or more (classic, antiques)
  • Special interest passenger car less than 20 years old
  • various commercial vehicles, like cranes, tractors, ...



 

Thanks for the info. That is more or less what I thought. I don't see why anyone lucky enough to possess a classic like a 60s Mustang would want to ruin it by 'upgrading' things like lights, brakes, etc. The cars worked fine in their day if properly maintained and as long as drivers aren't idiots they would work well enough under today's conditions. Modern reproductions are another matter.

 

 





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  #3104289 15-Jul-2023 11:04
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I got to tell you that regularly driving many old unmodified cars gets is really over-rated

Simple things like good lights, windshield wipers and drum brakes can get to be really annoying at the minimum to downright dangerous.

Vacuum operated windshield wipers, 1947 Ford


 
 
 

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  #3104297 15-Jul-2023 11:32
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My first car had vacuum wipers. I never had a big problem with them. They would only stop if I floored it or had to climb a steep hill. For all practical purposes, they didn't often cause big problems. At worst you just briefly let up on the throttle to let them wipe once, then carry on and repeat as necessary. The first car owners to experience windscreen wipers must have been thrilled to have this latest advanced technology! 100 years from now people will be amazed that we ever put up with wipers at all when a simple force field can give a clear view.

 

 

 

 

 

 





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