re conditioning and sva

[dugt]

for the sva test, what constitutes reconditioned parts?

say for instance i have the front suspension on my car, i take it all and sand blast it, re paint it and fit new bushes and shocks, would that count as reconditioned?

we have a beauford kit car which has been sitting in our garage for many years unbuilt

it has

body shell - beaufords own fibreglass(unused)
chassis - beaufords own (unused)
engine - nissan/datsun laurel (from about 1985)
gearbox - nissan/datsun laurel (form abuot 1985)
suspension (fornt) - cortina mk4/5
suspension (rear) - cortina mk4/5
sterring - cortina mk4/5
diff - cortina mk4/5

could we keep the nissan number plate?
- if we recondtioned the cortina parts?

could we keep the cortina plate?

thanks for any info

doug

[tribbles]

From the description of those parts, I'm pretty sure you'd end up with a Q plate - there's a whole mix of things there, and I don't think you can qualify for keeping the plate (you certainly won't qualify for a new one).

[Foolish Dave]

At best, you wouldn't get to keep the plate, but get an age related plate - i.e. a plate that says the car is the same age as the donor.

If you have multiple donors giving up major parts you will generally get a Q plate as no one paper trail will give you the back history of the donor vehicles.

You can move a private plate to another vehicle, but I'm not sure of how the law applies to kit cars.

[dugt]

so ive got 2 donors, the cortina and the laurel

ive got the v5 for both of them

the cortina is 1980
the laurel is 1984

would i be able to get a regestration thats the same age as either of them

basically im trying to find a way of not having a q plate (and a new plate is un realistic, in terms of money/time etc)

if i had a cortina that was 1984 would that help?

thaks doug

[Foolish Dave]

I don't think it's the year of each donor so much as the number of donors.

If you can use the engine, 'box, suspension, steering, axels, etc from just one of the cars and use the other for seats and trim that might help.

As it is though, if you need to use 'major' componenets from the Cortina and the Laurel then you'll probably get a Q.

Check this thread out on a similar(ish) topic... http://pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&amp...

Edited by Foolish Dave on Thursday 24th April 14:24

[Dave Dax builder]

You could use either the Cortina or the Datsun as the donor, as you have used at least 2 major components from each car.
No "Q" plate for you.
When it does come to registration time just present them with one of the V5s, you don't want to go confusing them.
As said previously. You won't be able to keep the actual number from your donor vehicle but you will be allocated another number of the same year (Either 1980 or 1984)

Qualifications for the above answer:-
A veteran of over 120 kit car builds and registrations.

Edited by Dave Dax builder on Thursday 24th April 18:24

[Ferg]

Dave Dax builder said:

Qualifications for the above answer:-
A veteran of over 120 kit car builds and registrations.

But a bloke told me you can just keep driving it as a Cortina with the Cortina registration on it...







LOL!

[Dave Dax builder]

Ferg said:

Dave Dax builder said:

Qualifications for the above answer:-
A veteran of over 120 kit car builds and registrations.

But a bloke told me you can just keep driving it as a Cortina with the Cortina registration on it...







LOL!

Ha ha ha.
Don't get me started.

[Ferg]

See you at Stoneleigh!

[dugt]

Dave Dax builder said:

lots of good info

thanks for that, ill look in to it
120 builds, thats impressive

Ferg said:

But a bloke told me you can just keep driving it as a Cortina with the Cortina registration on it...

LOL!

trust you to come up with a sugestion like that

doug