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Found this.
http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/histor ... 711/page25

That's me in a van I built when I was about 18. I have been looking for some pics for years. Oh, and I am 55 now so many years ago....

Sorry link is to the page. Mine is the red van with flames and smoke, 2 small pics

Thank You Pete, looking now...

I wanted to do a Morris Minor in a Gasser style, but if I do it the way DVLA want it will be very hard/impossible.

So I will keep looking and hope to find something already registered, as you suggest, so open to anything that takes my fancy really, but maybe I will buy a Minor and just do it little ...

Called into a VOSA test station today and spoke to an inspector. Roughly speaking he said that as the car will have no year of manufacture DVLA will make a decision and from there it will have to be tested on that basis.

He said he couldn't even guess what DVLA would say but the shell even if it is ...

thanks for link, I had read it just before you posted it, it does not tell me what happens after they have decided the car will need testing apart from it needs a test.

I will email dvla and see if they will answer my questions. I did email vosa and they say its dvla who in tern say its a vosa ...

Thanks, I will look at the sites.

I have not built a car in years, and do not want to start something that can not be put back on the road because of dvla rules, so I am asking questions before I start.

I am happy, ish, for them to want to make sure the car is safe, I say ish because I am not a ...

thanks for reply. I am trying to get some sensible answers from DVLA but get now where fast

Only third post so Hi.

May I ask how you are going to go about not having VOSA looking at it? Or has it been modified before?

It is very nice by the way.

Rover v8 in a mk3 cortina. It worked ok. Used a zodiac (mk2 I think)rear axle but it kept breaking it. So went to v6 capri axle.

Then a 383 big block chyrsler in a zodiac but the car was too heavy really so it didnt go very fast.

Built a v6 minor van called Red Hot which was in Custom Car mag ...

Hi, first post. Found this forum when looking for info on the IVA or what ever its called when you have to have a modified car inspected.

Have built several cars in the past but not for years now. So thinking about what to build. Probably day reaming at the moment but I hope to do something. But it ...