HTF did this car qualify for a new registration
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Rebuilt engine
Rebuit Jaguar suspension
Rebuilt pedal box
and I'm guessing the Sierra column was out of an old car too, and a new registration! That's just taking the piss.
Rebuilt engine
Rebuit Jaguar suspension
Rebuilt pedal box
and I'm guessing the Sierra column was out of an old car too, and a new registration! That's just taking the piss.
If you can show bills for professional refurbishment, then they should take it as equivalent to new.
I believe my car qualified for a new plate, though the builder opted for age related to engine.
Most of the car was new components, so seems fair to me. If a hub has been through a machine shop, is it the original component or a new one made from recycled material? In the end I think the examiner sometimes has to take a punt based on his/her best judgement, and we have to respect that.
I believe my car qualified for a new plate, though the builder opted for age related to engine.
Most of the car was new components, so seems fair to me. If a hub has been through a machine shop, is it the original component or a new one made from recycled material? In the end I think the examiner sometimes has to take a punt based on his/her best judgement, and we have to respect that.
If a car has a reconditioned gearbox and a new diff, can it be assigned a current registration even if the engine is pre-95 running on carbs with no catalytic converter?
My build will near IVA stage one day (hopefully) and I'm now thinking of getting a gearbox from Vulcan and a Diff from Westfield to get a '10 reg. The engine is a pre-95 Vauxhall C20XE with Webber carbs and although I have receipts for a rebuilt, it was done so long ago by the previous owner of the engine that I doubt it would be sufficient for the engine to pass as reconditioned.
My build will near IVA stage one day (hopefully) and I'm now thinking of getting a gearbox from Vulcan and a Diff from Westfield to get a '10 reg. The engine is a pre-95 Vauxhall C20XE with Webber carbs and although I have receipts for a rebuilt, it was done so long ago by the previous owner of the engine that I doubt it would be sufficient for the engine to pass as reconditioned.
Edited by DavidCane on Monday 21st June 16:40
The idea of the new registration is that all the bits should be new, which is another way of saying that they haven't been used before.
Amateur builders are allowed ONE exception, one major component can be rebuilt to as new condition (needs to be supported by receipts of course). This is the loophole that allows certain makes of kit car to use large, non-injected amreican engines, as long as the blocks are old enough, and still get a new registration.
The car in the original post has several rebuilt components, and thus does not qualify. It also uses a Sierra steering column. It's my guess that new columns have not been available from Ford for some time now, and I don't know of anybody rebuilding them to as new specification, so my further guess is that it's come pretty much direct from a necessarily quite old donor.
Amateur builders are allowed ONE exception, one major component can be rebuilt to as new condition (needs to be supported by receipts of course). This is the loophole that allows certain makes of kit car to use large, non-injected amreican engines, as long as the blocks are old enough, and still get a new registration.
The car in the original post has several rebuilt components, and thus does not qualify. It also uses a Sierra steering column. It's my guess that new columns have not been available from Ford for some time now, and I don't know of anybody rebuilding them to as new specification, so my further guess is that it's come pretty much direct from a necessarily quite old donor.
I think the issue is that the DVLA office staff have no idea how to fully implement their own rules. My Indy has an age related plate. But it's a BEC, so the only parts from the donor, assuming they all came from one car, are the front uprights, steering column, rear drive shafts and diff. The rack is modified my MK, so isn't original either. Some how it ended up with a 1980 reg.
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