“When I bought my collector car—a 1966 Lincoln Continental convertible—the automobile was my objective,” explains Connecticut’s David Moyer. “But the community of new people in my life turned out to be the reward. When I got more involved with government, passing a bill was my objective. Similarly, building personal relationships with legislators turned out to be the real reward.”

David credits the Legislative Updates page in the Lincoln & Continental Owners Club’s Lincoln & Continental Comments for sparking an interest in changes to license plate laws, titling requirements and ethanol limitation. He says discovering the SEMA Action Network (SAN) provided him with more up-to-date information and led him to reach out to his local legislators to support hobby-friendly legislation. “Learning the quirks of the Constitution State’s two-year legislative cycle was a byproduct, as was in-person contact with his state representative, who sponsored a license plate bill in the current session,” he adds.

David started visiting the SAN website regularly because he wanted to stay current on possible laws that would help or hurt classic cars. “Anything I read in the general press or monthly car magazines was likely too out-of-date. When I saw a bill on titling in Connecticut, I contacted my state representative and state senator. I thought it would end there – ‘writing my congressman’ and a bill passing into law or being voted down. Instead, I learned the far more complex path of legislation in Connecticut.”