An Appeal by the Federation of British Historic Vehicles

[Ariel Badger]

Please do not Karma bash me for this. The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs are the joint body responsible for the preservation of the nation's vehicle heritage and deserve to be listened to if not actively supported.
Thanks Wali T


It is an appeal by FBHVC to you to do something to help save, preserve and
display the technological and innovative treasures that are held in the
collection at the Science Museum and thus effectively belong to the nation.
You can help do this simply by making a phone call or sending a text or an
e-mail at the right time. Let me explain.

The Science Museum has around quarter of a million exhibits showing the
history of man's ingenuity. This includes a substantial collection related
to transport. Presently, the museum has space to display only a small
fraction of these items with the remainder in storage in less than ideal
conditions in dilapidated WW2 hangars on a 500 acre site at Wroughton, near
Swindon.

The Science Museum plans to reconstruct two of these giant hangars and link
them with a state-of-the-art atrium to provide acres of exhibition space
that will enable it to display the whole collection. The emphasis is very
much on using the ingenuity of the past to inspire the developments of the
future - and that gives the project its name - Inspired. It is all about
stirring the imagination of the young and encouraging the scientists,
technologists and engineers of the future. You can see a "flythrough" of
the proposed museum on our website, www.fbhvc.co.uk .

I said this was not an appeal for money: it isn't, but money does come into
it - lottery money, a ?50 million lottery jackpot that is to be decided by a
public vote following a series of TV programmes that will go out in
December.

The Science Museum Inspired project is one of six projects vying for this
'winner take all' funding. The other projects are all worthy causes, but
none is so urgent or so important for our future: as one colleague commented
"cycle paths and tree-top walkways can be built tomorrow, endangered
artefacts can't wait".

See <https://www.voteinspired.org.uk/> for more information (that's
deliberately not an active link to reduce the risk of this message being
eaten by aggressive anti-spam systems!).

You can help secure this essential funding in any, or all, of four ways:-
THEN CLICK ON SUPPORT US LINK , TOP RIGHT

1. Commit to vote at the appropriate time - good intentions are no help,
it needs you to be certain to act. You can register your intention to vote
NOW on the website noted above and you will then receive a reminder nearer
the time.

2. Tell your friends, spread the word - perhaps by copying this message to
everyone in your address book.

3. If you are able to get some information into a club publication, on a
website, or distributed through any other kind of network please do - the
staff at the Science Museum will be delighted to help with leaflets, text
and links to put on websites etc.
e-mail: [email protected] or phone 01793 846200

4. If you chat on any web forums, get a thread started.

And if you can think of anything else, please let me or the Science Museum
know!

Above all, recognise that unless all of us with an interest in science and
engineering take the trouble to vote, ?50 million of lottery money may go to
fund a tourist attraction leaving national treasures (which, having been
received by a national collection, cannot be sold) to moulder and decay.

Please do it!

Jim Whyman.

P H J Whyman, Secretary
Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs Ltd
Kernshill, Shute Street
Stogumber, Taunton, Somerset TA4 3TU
Tel: 01984 656995 Fax: 01984 656762
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[Dalemac]

Its got my vote, i love historic vehicles and i think it would be a fantastic investment and provide a brilliant look into the past, could also be a fantastic tourist attraction.



Dale
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[mrlee1974]

It get's my vote!

In a country thats already lost so much of it's english heritage,it would be a great shame for us to lose something that alot of people on this forum live for and care for so much.
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[Ariel Badger]

Thanks. could you please circulate to other forums please?
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[Dalemac]

[.Chris.]

I'll vote for them.

I'm already a member of the FBHVC (I think) through the Morris Minor Owner's Club. They do some really good, important work.
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1985 Kawasaki Z550F

[Ariel Badger]

I am a member through the Ariel Owners Club. Most people join through association rather than obligation. They do a good job.
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[hmmmnz]

if i wasn't a foreigner in the uk and could vote then i defently would,
museums like these need to be helped
and they are awesome to look through
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[matt89]

ill vote for it

Also put it up on the car forum im on