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richy246
22-02-09, 02:36 PM
When you build a 32 roadster or whatever on a Scimitar chassis using a new body etc at what stage do you have to apply to keep the Scimitar registration? Many thanks in advance.
BRIT DIGGER
22-02-09, 02:49 PM
When you build a 32 roadster or whatever on a Scimitar chassis using a new body etc at what stage do you have to apply to keep the Scimitar registration? Many thanks in advance.

i would think you have to inform them of a new body style?

your not changing the reg?

Sid.
kapri
22-02-09, 03:19 PM
For hands on experience contact Rodbuilder on here as he's done a few. Essentially they will visit when you apply for a body change. At that stage it needs to look like a car NOT a body in one corner and an unstripped Scimitar in the other.


Sid, the registration ( as in V5C ) is in 'danger' if they inspect and disagree over the cars identity. However it is perfectly legal to rebody onto any chassied vehicle (providing you don't modify the chassis ) providing it still retains enough points under the DVLA reg system.
Terry Howarth
22-02-09, 03:54 PM
Kev is that rebody with a fiberglass body only ?
rottenpop
22-02-09, 03:59 PM
Kev is that rebody with a fiberglass body only ?

Now that,s an interesting question.
BRIT DIGGER
22-02-09, 04:00 PM
kev, i understand that, what i should have added.... "as near to finished the better?"

as you are rebodying a standard chassis... :).

Sid.
kapri
22-02-09, 04:03 PM
Yes and No Terry . A body that sits on a chassis carries no points in the scheme of things and therefore a secondhand steel body SHOULD be fine.

Where this falls over is they always ask for a receipt for the NEW body .

This is a misinterpretation of their own rules as they are mixing up a 'body on a chassis' and a new 'monococque body' (which DOES require a receipt).

No one yet has been prepared to go head to head with them to prove they are misinterpreting their own rules at branch level.
rodbuilder
23-02-09, 01:01 PM
Kev is that rebody with a fiberglass body only ?

They will accept a home made body with receipts for materials

I have put down the procedure in the technical section for future reference.

http://www.nsra.org.uk/newforum/showthread.php?t=23185