Still a £$&£$ on the log book

I guess this also counts:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Modified-toyota-MR2-turb...

Was a N/A MR2 but now been converted to a turbo setup, but still registered as N/A.

From PH for a change rather than eBay - bet it's still down as a 1.6.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...

Excellent short description & only a bargain £8 too

Indeed it could which certainly has a cachet value. The car is registered as a Fiesta RS Turbo so that in itself must make it worth something. I really do not know about this car at all. Over to the Ford experts. If it is actually something else then the DVLA have been fooled.

They never made a 1.6 YB. That's why it would be "Ultra Rare". That's a 205 block.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PEUGEOT-106-CUSTOM-2-0-L...

Interesting and cheap enough to consider...

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Just posted that in the Badly Modified thread - I'm lost for words on how to describe that tbh

MG ZR 1.4 with a 1.8 engine.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mg-zr-atomix-1-4-on-logb...

Problem with such cars is that the complete horlicks that it now is will never get registered legally on the road as the seller has doubtless found. Misrepresenting the car as a Dutton is indeed bad news. I have seen a number of Westfield kit cars recently registered as Duttons supposedly and on sale. I presume this is to effect a quick sale because otherwise few will be interested as it must be a track only car. This will come unstuck once a decent MOT station sees the car because it is not a Dutton. I do hope the prospective viewers see this for what it is and walk away. Lot more doubtful kit cars getting VOR'd now with the push from the DVLA/VOSA to weed out the ringers.

Interesting comments.

Being a retired Chartered Accountant with a penchant for specials and kit cars I have developed many contacts in the KC manufacturing over many years. I suggest to the KC manufacturers that I know that the real costs of IVA are significantly higher than the bare £400 test costs because:

1) Invariably a retest for something minor (that is if all goes well!!) will be required which is another £90.

2) Generally the car will need trailering to the test centre and back and then to the test centre and back for the retest which must add another few pounds. At least.

3) If the car is an old design pre IVA it can become really very tricky to get through and may require yet another test and extensive modification. If that proves sufficient. I have had some experience of this which is why I no longer buy non IVA compliant unfinished kit cars. Generally such "barn finds" (sic!!) are well beyond economic repair and very difficult to successfully IVA.

There are kit cars being finished every week in the UK and the prodigious output of Stuart Mills with his MEV outfit and a number of other makers demonstrate that some of the kit car manufacturers are meeting the challenge of the changed circumstances under IVA. However the old days in my more youthful life of Dutton's, Robin Hood's and Locosts, Locusts, JC Locusts TJ Locusts, MK Locusts etc ad infinitum coming onto the roads by the thousand are long gone and will not return.

IVA or its successor are here to stay and kit car enthusiasts have to build these costs into the overall sum required to complete and get a kit car on the road today. It is not, nor can it be, an inexpensive business. However without a doubt these IVA tested cars are vastly better than the earlier output coming on the road pre IVA and such is progress.

In short, which it must be apparent,from the above, is not my style, these flaunted opportunities are best avoided. Better to buy a kit which can be IVA'd. Definitely!