MSNZ - Schedule K and T&C and maybe FIA HTP related questions info etc

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I have also contacted MSNZ about applying for FIA HTP and as informed this is great if you attend to run the overseas at a Historic & Classic International Meeting. I too was told the process can take sometime while things are checked and verified. If the car is only ever planned to be raced locally in NZ then the Schedule K and COD is the simplest solution.

I have spent the last few evening reading and re-reading not only the MSNZ Manual 35 on Schedule K and T&C but also the FIA Appendix K. I have been trying to take this all on board and understand it all. It can be complex at times especially if are also looking at the things you might want to do on a build as it can alter the cars period and therefore the rules that apply to the car as it will have to be classified.

This is the important bit that I can make out - the period of car will determine what can and can't be done to the car in question.

There is a lot of similarities between MSNZ Schedule K and FIA Appendix K however in reading all of these documents MSNZ Schedule K is a little bit easier to understand - assuming I have got it right - hence this thread so we are clear and we all understand the rules in which our cars are run under/audited to etc.

Some of my post might be a bit long so I apologize up front for that.

The key to all this is as I see it with the COD and FIA HTP is this it is a point in time freeze on the car in question - it means if the COD and/or FIA HTP is to be valid then the car can't be altered.

This might be the rub for why we don't have many K cars (let me call it that for short hand. K car/s where I use this implies either a MSNZ Schedule K or FIA Appendix K with HTP) as most have altered their cars as they keep racing them, get faster or budgets allow new bit and pieces.

I believe this is the whole point of the K car process - so keep control of budgets and lock in the car so modern technology and improvements are not morphed into a classic car - can I also add that I will drop the Historic in this thread as to me that implies an open wheeler and classic means a Saloon, Sport and GT cars - that is just my opinion and I happy to be persuaded into another way of thinking please send me a PM if I need to change my way and keep this thread on topic