Lexus V8 with NOS in a Renault Espace - yeah lets do it !

Lexus V8 with NOS in a Renault Espace - yeah lets do it !

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s p a c e m a n

10,745 posts

147 months

Saturday 22nd March 2014
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In my experience it all depends on who the inspector is. I'm sitting here looking at an escort shell stuck onto a sierra floorpan and they decided it was an escort.

snobetter

1,141 posts

145 months

Saturday 22nd March 2014
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On the gtr.co.uk forum, under R35 projects is SVMs project, gtr running gear with a Quasqui body. piston heads have done a feature on it, but there from page 30 covers the registering issues. To my untrained eye seems very similar. Love both projects, but this more so as not being done by a garage.

TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

125 months

Sunday 23rd March 2014
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snobetter said:
On the gtr.co.uk forum, under R35 projects is SVMs project, gtr running gear with a Quasqui body. piston heads have done a feature on it, but there from page 30 covers the registering issues. To my untrained eye seems very similar. Love both projects, but this more so as not being done by a garage.
http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/175782-svm-release-project-qashqai-r-30.html
Brief summary :-
"I run an MOT garage, so I know everything there is to know about it. It's legit, and it'll only need an MOT in 3yrs. Honest."
"I asked the VOSA bloke doing an MOT check-up about it. He didn't know."
<a month later>
"They've said it's OK, and put the R35 engine number & capacity on the Qashqai's V5C, leaving the Qashqai's CO and tax band..."

Well, whoop-de-doo for him. But that directly goes against what's on the Gov't websites. Which begs the question... Did an individual happen to just put the changes through without understanding the actual regs, or is the available published information wrong? I know which I think's the case. I hope it doesn't come back to bite him.

I hope the Lexspace can be similarly simply registered. But - also - bear in mind that was a brand spankin' Qashqow and near-new Skyline.

GC8

19,910 posts

189 months

Sunday 23rd March 2014
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MiniMan64 said:
Usget said:
RobbieKB said:
This is probably a very easy to answer question but it just occurred to me: what do you put this bizarre and amazing conglomerate down as in your insurance policy?
It's just an LS400 with a bodykit, any fool can see that!
Is it registered at as Lexus or Espace?
I know that this has been argued about at length after your post, but this seemed as good a point to jump in as any.

The car is a Lexus in every respect. Before SVA, E-SVA and the clusterfk that is IVA this would have been registered as a Lexus special.

Using the still current DVLA points system this is still a Lexus in every respect and I don't think that it has any Renault points at all.

Whether it needs to be tested due to the changes to the monocoque Im not sure, but itll still be a Lexus.

Insurance will be less straight forward, but it should be cheap.

KTF

9,766 posts

149 months

Sunday 23rd March 2014
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TooMany2cvs said:
http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/175782-svm-release-proj...
Brief summary :-
"I run an MOT garage, so I know everything there is to know about it. It's legit, and it'll only need an MOT in 3yrs. Honest."
"I asked the VOSA bloke doing an MOT check-up about it. He didn't know."
<a month later>
"They've said it's OK, and put the R35 engine number & capacity on the Qashqai's V5C, leaving the Qashqai's CO and tax band..."

Well, whoop-de-doo for him. But that directly goes against what's on the Gov't websites. Which begs the question... Did an individual happen to just put the changes through without understanding the actual regs, or is the available published information wrong? I know which I think's the case. I hope it doesn't come back to bite him.

I hope the Lexspace can be similarly simply registered. But - also - bear in mind that was a brand spankin' Qashqow and near-new Skyline.
I also read through the GT-R thread and the drama from page 30 was interesting.

To me it seems to be a GT-R with a QQ body on the top so amazing that it maintains the QQ details and Co2.

I also wonder why the QQ was registered in the first place (other than for the dealer to record it as a sale) given that it was destined to be broken up.

Given that the guy who did the conversion had VOSA in to look at the thing, whatever they decided is 'official' I guess.

Hopefully his command of spoken English is better than his written. If I see one more 'hear' instead of 'here' on that thread...

TonyRPH

12,954 posts

167 months

Sunday 23rd March 2014
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KTF said:
<snip>
Hopefully his command of spoken English is better than his written. If I see one more 'hear' instead of 'here' on that thread...
I couldn't resist posting this little gem.

gtr_member said:
seems cereal looking into a tailgate,recognizing R35 parts Lol"
I searched for Corn Flakes and Weetabix, but drew a blank.

I think he meant "surreal".

Sorry for the O/T - as you were...

KTF

9,766 posts

149 months

Sunday 23rd March 2014
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TonyRPH said:
I searched for Corn Flakes and Weetabix, but drew a blank.

I think he meant "surreal".

Sorry for the O/T - as you were...
I read that as well and had no idea what he was on about.

Ending sentences with 'lol' should be banned on that forum although they would end up with almost no posts.

wibble cb

3,579 posts

206 months

Monday 24th March 2014
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KTF said:
TonyRPH said:
I searched for Corn Flakes and Weetabix, but drew a blank.

I think he meant "surreal".

Sorry for the O/T - as you were...
I read that as well and had no idea what he was on about.

Ending sentences with 'lol' should be banned on that forum although they would end up with almost no posts.
LOL


getmecoat

geeks

9,100 posts

138 months

Monday 24th March 2014
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wibble cb said:
LOL


getmecoat
He said ending not starting!

getmecoat


LOL!

shortar53

548 posts

272 months

Wednesday 26th March 2014
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geeks said:
He said ending not starting!

getmecoat


LOL!
As it's a one word sentence, it both starts and ends it. getmecoatgetmecoat

RobbieKB

7,715 posts

182 months

Wednesday 26th March 2014
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TooMany2cvs said:
http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/175782-svm-release-proj...
Brief summary :-
"I run an MOT garage, so I know everything there is to know about it. It's legit, and it'll only need an MOT in 3yrs. Honest."
"I asked the VOSA bloke doing an MOT check-up about it. He didn't know."
<a month later>
"They've said it's OK, and put the R35 engine number & capacity on the Qashqai's V5C, leaving the Qashqai's CO and tax band..."

Well, whoop-de-doo for him. But that directly goes against what's on the Gov't websites. Which begs the question... Did an individual happen to just put the changes through without understanding the actual regs, or is the available published information wrong? I know which I think's the case. I hope it doesn't come back to bite him.

I hope the Lexspace can be similarly simply registered. But - also - bear in mind that was a brand spankin' Qashqow and near-new Skyline.
That Qashqai is nuts!

Big Rod

6,196 posts

215 months

Wednesday 26th March 2014
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RobbieKB said:
That Qashqai is nuts!
And the rest!

Don't fancy the job of changing the plugs on it though!

Mark Wibble

211 posts

223 months

Wednesday 26th March 2014
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russy01 said:
MiniMan64 said:
Is it registered at as Lexus or Espace?
Lexspace....duh
Is it a Lexault Espaxus?!


Efbe

9,251 posts

165 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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TonyRPH said:
gtr_member said:
seems cereal looking into a tailgate,recognizing R35 parts Lol"
I searched for Corn Flakes and Weetabix, but drew a blank.

I think he meant "surreal".

Sorry for the O/T - as you were...
given that cereal is a lot harder for most people to spell that surreal, it's more likely to be a pun/play on words than mistake, however unfunny.

lexspace

Original Poster:

295 posts

139 months

Friday 4th April 2014
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Before and after





The Nur

9,168 posts

184 months

Friday 4th April 2014
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Bloody hell, you are putting an interior back in? Are you doing a central dash too? smile

itidiot

73 posts

124 months

Friday 4th April 2014
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Is that plasti dip? Does it wear well?

lexspace

Original Poster:

295 posts

139 months

Saturday 5th April 2014
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The dash is still 'work in progress'



After seeing this pic I took ......




I knew I had seen the shape somewhere before ........

My hacksaw !!!!


lexspace

Original Poster:

295 posts

139 months

Saturday 5th April 2014
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itidiot said:
Is that plasti dip? Does it wear well?
It's just rattle can black , the std 'blue' interior parts just looked so bad I needed a quick fix

Usget

5,426 posts

210 months

Saturday 5th April 2014
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lexspace said:
My hacksaw !!!!

Poor thing must be stting itself, thinking "Oh god, not another bloody saw!!"