Ground Vehicle Standards Newsletter - June 2014 - 5

grouP SeekS Sae exPerTiSe To keeP hiSToriC vehiCleS huMMiNg
From an article in Automotive Engineering Online
The Sae international Motor vehicle
Council (MvC) has indicated support for a
proposal by the Historic Vehicle Association
(HVA) to cooperate in the development and
publication of best-practice guidelines for
preservation, restoration, and responsible
use of historic vehicles.
Mark Gessler, President of the HVA and Vice
President of the Fédération Internationale
des Véhicules Anciens, formally proposed
the idea to the SAE MVC on April 10 in
Mark Gessler (second from right) presented his association's ideas for cooperation to the
Detroit as part of the SAE 2014 World
SAE International Motor Vehicle Council (Chair Jim Keller seated in middle) on April 10.
Congress. In addition, he said, HVA is
exploring the potential for collaboration with the Sae
release identifying the first automobile (a 1964 Shelby Cobra
Mobility history Committee on SAE archives and heritage
Daytona Coupe) to be recorded under the DOI's Heritage
documentation efforts.
Documentation Program for automobiles. "During that time, we
have implemented national programs to recognize our historic
The U.S.-based organization is the largest one in the world,
buildings, airplanes, spacecraft, and vessels-but not our
with over 360,000 members. It claims there are about 2.75
historic automobiles. Through our work, we hope to celebrate
million historic-vehicle owners in the U.S. and Canada, with
the contribution of the industry's pioneers, the vehicles they
annual mean spending per owner of about $12,500.
produced, and the preservation efforts necessary to ensure
future generations appreciate the unique role of the automobile
The group's request of SAE follows a successful
in shaping America."
collaboration with the U.S. Department of the Interior for
inclusion of historic automobiles in the agency's Heritage
Documentation Program.
"It has been nearly 120 years since the first automobiles
were produced in the U.S.," Gessler said in a Jan. 22 press

Update: At a May 2014 meeting, the SAE Motor Vehicle Council
approved the creation of a strategic partnership with the
Historical Vehicle Society.

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