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Number of classic car owner 'out there' ?
How would I go about getting a ballpark figure for the population of drivers running (what they consider!) classic cars.
I'm thinking mainly in Europe and the US, although I'm keen to hear figures or percentages from around the world too.
I ask from the point of view that cars, at least here in the UK, earlier than 1992 have little more than a 'black smoke' test... (just checked and earlier cars back to 1975 with significant CO levels can be failed as well).
Anyway, without these tailpipe restrictions (particularly the NOx requirements) many of these older cars could be great platforms for transplanting newer lean-burn engines without any chance of Test failure or need for cat's. And many intermediate age cars that aren't collectable could be saved from the scrapyard.
I'd like numbers as it would be interesting to work out how much CO2 having a large number of these cars converted would offset.
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