With reference to Ivan Camilleri's article on second-hand car taxes (April 4), the Touring Club Malta, which is a member of FIA, encourages the ownership of vintage vehicle preferably manufactured before the 1950s.

There are motor-history enthusiasts who wish to import vintage vehicles just to keep them in their house and not use them on the road.

Such cars can also be exhibited in showrooms just as they can be used in photography sessions. If the motor-enthusiast wishes to buy a vintage car, why has he to pay the registration tax for a vehicle that will be just a piece of furniture?

There are benefactors who wish to buy a vintage car to keep it in their own name so that they will later loan it or donate it to the Malta Transport Museum Foundation.

Let us enjoy the memories of the first years of car manufacture. Do readers remember vehicles of the 1930s having wooden spokes? These are the type that we wish to be tax and licence-fee free.

I appeal to the authorities to consider our proposal for vintage vehicles that are not used on the road but to adorn houses or static exhibitions to be tax free. Please support our Maltese motoring heritage. These are relics which will be sought after by motor enthusiasts the world over in future. Oh how I wish to find relics of the train and tram in Malta! We need a helping hand for our proposed Malta Transport Museum. Our children need to know about the history of transport in Malta, starting with the cart-ruts. These are education, culture and tourism matters on which prompt action is required.