avoiding IVA

[f1rob]

I know if you retain the chassis of a car unmodified you dont have to do IVA but if you had a MGF and the chassis was totally standard but the doors were cut down in height an the remainder welded shut how do you stand ???

[Happy Jim]

On Tiptoes to get in? :-)

Chassis is unmodified is the answer

Jim

[singlecoil]

I think it would be reasonable to take the position that the doors do not form part of the bodyshell (the chassis IOW) and that modifying them should not trigger an IVA requirement. Welding the doors to the chassis could be considered an alteration to it, but I think I would go ahead and do it, what's the worst that could happen?

[smart51]

altering the doors should be OK as they are not part of the chassis. Welding to the chassis is seen as altering the chassis I'd have thought. If you could make them bolt on then you'd probably be fine.

[f1rob]

Happy Jim said:

On Tiptoes to get in? :-)

Chassis is unmodified is the answer

Jim

No tiptoes-these will be cut low ! just got a bit of a plan bubbling away an a MGF shell waiting to be abused

[Frankthered]

You could always try calling VOSA and asking their view. (And if you didn't get the answer you liked, you could call them back an hour later and get a different answer!)

Another option would be to try your local DVLA office, no guarantees though!

[ColinM50]

But presumably the MGF is monocoque construction so no separate chassis as such. So how do you then define "chassis"?

[singlecoil]

ColinM50 said:

But presumably the MGF is monocoque construction so no separate chassis as such. So how do you then define "chassis"?

The bodyshell is the chassis.