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🏁 THE ROAD TO 60 | The Origins
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Every great journey has a starting point.
Sixty years ago, a group of historic vehicle organisations from different countries came together around one shared vision: the vehicles of the past were more than machines. They were witnesses to human ingenuity, design, craftsmanship, mobility and culture. And they deserved to be protected for the generations still to come.
From that conviction, the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens (‘FIVA’) was born.
What began with a handful of passionate organisations soon became an international movement, united by a purpose that still drives us today: to protect, preserve and promote the world’s motoring heritage. Because preserving a historic vehicle does not simply mean keeping the past alive: it means giving the past a road into the future.
This November, one month from today, as the FIVA family gathers in Brussels to celebrate this extraordinary 60-year journey, we will look back at the people, milestones and ideas that made it possible!
And now… a question for true motoring heritage enthusiasts: on which date was FIVA officially founded?
A) February 26, 1966
B) November 13, 1966
C) January 1, 1966
#FIVA #RoadTo60 #FIVAGeneralAssembly #HistoricVehicles #AutomotiveHeritage #ClassicCars
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Every great journey has a starting point.
Sixty years ago, a group of historic vehicle organisations from different countries came together around one shared vision: the vehicles of the past were more than machines. They were witnesses to human ingenuity, design, craftsmanship, mobility and culture. And they deserved to be protected for the generations still to come.
From that conviction, the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens (‘FIVA’) was born.
What began with a handful of passionate organisations soon became an international movement, united by a purpose that still drives us today: to protect, preserve and promote the world’s motoring heritage. Because preserving a historic vehicle does not simply mean keeping the past alive: it means giving the past a road into the future.
This November, one month from today, as the FIVA family gathers in Brussels to celebrate this extraordinary 60-year journey, we will look back at the people, milestones and ideas that made it possible!
And now… a question for true motoring heritage enthusiasts: on which date was FIVA officially founded?
A) February 26, 1966
B) November 13, 1966
C) January 1, 1966
#FIVA #RoadTo60 #FIVAGeneralAssembly #HistoricVehicles #AutomotiveHeritage #ClassicCars
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In the pictures: - First photo: Jan Kubíček, one of the most renowned Czechoslovak racing drivers of the interwar period, alongside Count Bernard de Lassée, FIVA’s first President, who served from 1966 to 1972. - Second photo: Umberto Peretti-Colò, founding President of ASI (Automotoclub Storico Italiano), alongside Philipp Mann, FIVA’s Secretary General from 1966 to 1969, who later became its second President, serving from 1972 to 1977. - Third photo: Professor Elio Quaglino, the first Chairman of FIVA’s Events Commission.
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