Dawn blitz raid

[Little Jo]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Hi All


By the way, I have always read the term "Boarder Raids" as being more of tongue and cheek description of an exercise were people from outside the region come in and find local treasures that have been lying undiscovered and/or under appreciated, buy them and clear them away before the guy down the road who has had his eye on the prize for years even knows what happened. Of course this is the view point of someone looking for CMPs in a land where basically there are none.



Cheers Phil

Hi Phil

I agree that you should obtain as much documentation and photos as possible when purchasing old vehicles. We always obtain receipts and photograph the vehicle from all angles for our records. As part of having an old vehicle registered, in South Australia you must also present the vehicle to the police station who check numbers and conduct a vehicle check before providing a completed form signed off by police which has to be submitted with all other documentation to the Dept. of Registration.

Border Raids are when some one crosses a state border to collect/recover a found vehicle trophy and move it back into your own state. It is all tongue in cheek stuff and part of Australian interstate rivalry which is part of our make up. There is nothing better than getting " a one up " on your opposition and is all a lot of fun, because when the country is in trouble there are no borders.

Cheers

Tony