Fury build in Switzerland
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Hi there
I'm a petrolhead living in Switzerland and want to build a Fury with a motorbike engine. Our law gives me a headache to register the car. By reading the forum I see a slight chanche to get my car registered here in Switzerland. I red that if you take all (or enough) bits from one car it ends up registered with a plate of that age. I would need a car - or less ;-) - that is registered before 1971. I could then get a special registration here in Switzerland, that would allow me to drive the car legaly on the road.
Are there any Fury's outside who have a registration before 1971 or can somebody help me otherwise in that issue.
Your help is very much appreciated.
Thanks, John
I'm a petrolhead living in Switzerland and want to build a Fury with a motorbike engine. Our law gives me a headache to register the car. By reading the forum I see a slight chanche to get my car registered here in Switzerland. I red that if you take all (or enough) bits from one car it ends up registered with a plate of that age. I would need a car - or less ;-) - that is registered before 1971. I could then get a special registration here in Switzerland, that would allow me to drive the car legaly on the road.
Are there any Fury's outside who have a registration before 1971 or can somebody help me otherwise in that issue.
Your help is very much appreciated.
Thanks, John
John, firstly I would like to congratuLate you on you fine of choice of machinery !!!!!
Secondly, I dont know, could be difficult...there are ways round this, try asking on the sylva chat forum on google groups, or better still try speaking to Martin Bell at Fisher UK.
01933 411116
Cheers
F
Secondly, I dont know, could be difficult...there are ways round this, try asking on the sylva chat forum on google groups, or better still try speaking to Martin Bell at Fisher UK.
01933 411116
Cheers
F
There are going to be very few, if any, Furies that are registered as that old, I'm afraid.
If enough components from a single donor car are used, the UK system allows registration with the donor car's year of registration, but the live axle versions of the Fury are essentially Ford Escort MK 1/MK 2 based, and few Escort donors of that age exist. Even Mk. 2 donors are getting scarce these days.
The independent suspension cars, of course, don't use the rear axle, so scoring enough 'points' under the UK registration system to retain an old Escort's year of registration woul be very difficult.
Since the Escort was launched in '68, though, it isn't entirely impossible. I guess that, given time and patience, you could locate a suitable donor and have it built and registered in the UK, before undertaking the bike engine conversion.
If enough components from a single donor car are used, the UK system allows registration with the donor car's year of registration, but the live axle versions of the Fury are essentially Ford Escort MK 1/MK 2 based, and few Escort donors of that age exist. Even Mk. 2 donors are getting scarce these days.
The independent suspension cars, of course, don't use the rear axle, so scoring enough 'points' under the UK registration system to retain an old Escort's year of registration woul be very difficult.
Since the Escort was launched in '68, though, it isn't entirely impossible. I guess that, given time and patience, you could locate a suitable donor and have it built and registered in the UK, before undertaking the bike engine conversion.
John, would you run LHD or RHD?
Motorbike engines in cars usually lean over to the left, so a RHD BEC Fury has a perfect side-to-side weight balance. I guess that this will be ruined when running LHD, which is (apart from the usual registration woes) what's keeping me from trying to get one here in Austria.
Cheers,
Marin
Motorbike engines in cars usually lean over to the left, so a RHD BEC Fury has a perfect side-to-side weight balance. I guess that this will be ruined when running LHD, which is (apart from the usual registration woes) what's keeping me from trying to get one here in Austria.
Cheers,
Marin
Thank you very much for your inputs.
@Furious: Tried to contact Martin Bell via email but unfortunately no answer yet.
@Sam68: Thanks a lot for your input. I think I can forget the way I wanted to go since I would like an IRS car.
@cathar: I think you wouldn't get an LHD car. I read an article of a guy who wanted to do that but Fisher didn't like the idea since they would have to change a lot on the chassis to make it LHD. The other problem with LHD is the steering. As you said, the motor is on the left and it could be a problem to route the steering.
Have a nice day
John
@Furious: Tried to contact Martin Bell via email but unfortunately no answer yet.
@Sam68: Thanks a lot for your input. I think I can forget the way I wanted to go since I would like an IRS car.
@cathar: I think you wouldn't get an LHD car. I read an article of a guy who wanted to do that but Fisher didn't like the idea since they would have to change a lot on the chassis to make it LHD. The other problem with LHD is the steering. As you said, the motor is on the left and it could be a problem to route the steering.
Have a nice day
John
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