Kit Cars in Malaysia

[anonymous-user]

Nick that was my thought when I saw the car, be interesting in the what is a Lotus 7 argument if Hicom actually boought share in Westfield.

[Nick M]

Berw said:

be interesting in the what is a Lotus 7 argument if Hicom actually boought share in Westfield.

LOL

The Lotus / Caterham forum in the UK would implode if that happened !! They just wouldn't be able to cope

[Crockefeller]

Berw said:

Ok the law, (simply put) 'you can not alter any thing with a welding torch'. So you can not build a 7 or any thing on a new chassie.

What about my 7 I here you ask, I registered the old escort in my name and put the chassie plate on the new 7 chassie, I can get third party insurance and tax and never had a problem with the police, but if I was stopped in a road traffic dept block they would not be happy, I only use it on the road to run from the Paddock to Petronas station at Sepang to get gas.

So this means that you can do F40 kits on MR2's etc, and I know for a few of those, ( including a source for the bodies in Malaysia) but they were all registered with the owner before the changes where made to the body, and none of them have been inspected, John you know there is a vast diffrence between what th law says and what the local inspctor thinks it says so no one risks an inspection.

I am thinking about building a 'Porsche Kit' on to a beetle at the moment, as the chassie and engine number stay I think it can be done, but again I'd get the beetle in my name and make the changes and then not get an inspection.

To import a car you need an 'approval permit' (AP) not easy to get, and the car must be a recognised make listed with the Malaysian road dept. not a kit. What about my Sylva I here you ask (again) well that was registered pre IVA in the UK and the UK DVLC registered it as a 'Lotus Sunbeam Sport 2 Seater' on the log book, there was never any such thing, but he car was a Lotus Sunbeam, and that is listed by Malaysia so it was allowed.

If you bring in as a race car any thing goes, and the AP is easy.

You coming up for the MSS on the 26 and 27 of this month at Sepang, should be good

Thread resurrection!

Can "foreigners" import and keep a race car in Malaysia. Assuming you live in Singapore (work permit) and just want access to your car for track days, what taxes and duties are due?

Thanks!

[XJSJohn]

I believe the answer to that is yes as that is the whole origins of the Hong Kong Classic Series at Sepang, where Honkies got fed up with the local costs so moved their track toys to Sepang and fly in to race

sure Berw will be along with more details .. its been a bit tumbleweeds around here reciently so may take some time.

Where are you in Singapore?

[Crockefeller]

Not yet there John, just making plans for the future. Probably 2019 although wish it were sooner.

[anonymous-user]

Simple answer on a race car is yes, you can bring it in duty free as a race, and need o take out once a year, no real issue, send me a pm and I can put you in touch with people in sing who do exactly that, garages are available at sepang

[XJSJohn]

Crockefeller said:

Not yet there John, just making plans for the future. Probably 2019 although wish it were sooner.

there is a few of us PH'ers lurking here so drop us a line, sure we can sort out some alcohol abuse.

If you are looking at some petrolhead fun what you are doing makes sense.

Bring a race car from uk, and keep in Malaysia then just use uber here

[Crockefeller]

Thanks for the replies. Sounds like a plan. Berw, I got your PM, I'll drop you a message nearer the time if that's OK, I'll wait until the move situation is a bit clearer.

Any other info on costs would be interesting to know; what's the insurance situation on "race cars", do you do it locally or country of residence. How do track days compare with UK?

Thanks again.

[anonymous-user]

Cost is minimum, burocrucy is the issue, no track insurance, you can get storage insurance, with the local classic specialist, but most people don't bother. Insurance market was liberalised last week so could all change, until last week insurance was based on cc and value only, no consideration of driver risk, that all changed and no one knows what will happen

[Crockefeller]

Interesting, sounds like its best not to have anything you can't afford to write off or get repaired yourself then? What happens if you bin somebodys Ferrari on an open track day though.....

[anonymous-user]

You take the hit, happens loads of times, as a rough guild for track day insurance is 20% of value insured, do you remver the McLaren that it the put wall in the F1 support race a few years ago, that was insured cost 40k pounds for the weekend,

[Crockefeller]

Ouch.. Lot to think about then, maybe I should do bike license instead!

[anonymous-user]

Pick your track day organisation or race series it's ok, look at MSF on utube and you will see why I don't race in that,