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Please help me! I need a little guidance
mickyshaw191 - 5/2/18 at 09:18 AM

Hi Everyone

For the last few years I have been building a mk2 escort based locost roadster.

I am nearly finished and think i am ready for IVA but I need a casting eye and a little help with the paperwork.

Can any one help ?

I live in Shotgate Wickford Essex

I would love to grab 15 minutes of someones time over a coffee to cast their eye over the car for some
criticism and some pointers in the right direction.

I have not posted any photos as i am not sure how?

The donor car ( Mk 2 escort ) is on a sorn however the car does not exist, and i do not have a scrap cert, so i am not sure what to do here.

I really want to get the car registered on an age related plate, but i am not sure i have enough evidence or paperwork.

I think it has taken so long to build as i have been putting off the finish date because quite frankly the IVA process has become to daunting, a mental monster if you will!

That said i am not a quitter and need to see this through with a little help!!??

Many many thanks

russbost - 5/2/18 at 09:43 AM

Hi Micky?

I'm just up the road in Benfleet, as you'll see from my Avatar, my car is not sevenesque, however I do have experience of a no. of IVA's, happy to pop over & give the car a look over & have a chat at sometime if you want

I would also suggest join Essex Kitcar Club (I'm the chairman, so ought to declare a vested interest!), we have a once a month meet up at D's Diner, Hatfield Peverel - last Sunday of the month, so unfortunately you've just missed one, plus, obviously many attendances at various car shows throughout the spring, summer & autumn months. We have a wide range of cars in the club, but certainly includes a no. of 7's & I could send you a copy of an article we had in our newsletter some years back with the experience of one of our members scratchbuilt locosts thro' IVA at Norwich

Posting pics is fairly simple, open "Photo Archive" tab & just copy your pics one at a time into a folder there, when you want to display a pic click on it & copy the "forum code" which comes up in the box top left then when writing the post click on the image box at top of post & paste the forum code in the box that comes up, when you hit "Preview Post" you should see your pic which will enlarge when clicked on, keep pics under 2mb or they won't load

The paperwork is fairly straightforward & I would recommend getting in sooner rather than later particularly if running an older engine as emission requirements may be changing

If you have V5 of the donor & have not declared it as scrapped then you should get an age related plate

Regards Russ

swanny - 5/2/18 at 09:44 AM

if you want to email me some pics i'll upload them for you.
putting them on here is great as you'll have lots of eyes with lots of IVA experience.

i'll send you my email in u2u message

PAUL

swanny - 5/2/18 at 09:47 AM

this guy helped me with my dvla issues.

not sure if he is still doing it but he was ex dvla and used to fill in the paperwork for you if you wanted

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1321446

tims31 - 5/2/18 at 10:52 AM

quote:
Originally posted by mickyshaw191

The donor car ( Mk 2 escort ) is on a sorn however the car does not exist, and i do not have a scrap cert, so i am not sure what to do here.



Did you keep the VIN plates from the donor. I sent a copy of these with my IVA paperwork along with the original V5 (take copies for your records just in case)

Send loads of photos of the build when submitting.

HTH

mickyshaw191 - 5/2/18 at 10:44 PM

I'm not sure if I am replying in the right way

Hi swanny
Thanks I will look in to that

Hi tims31
I do have the vin and v5 and plenty of photos I think but how many photos should I send?

Hi Russ
I would love to take you up on that offer of popping over to have a look at the car, I have every intention of joining the club
I just wanted to get the car on the road, a bit of a catch 22 I want a car to join a club but don't have a car to join?
When would be possible for you ? The sooner the better for me.

tims31 - 6/2/18 at 03:02 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mickyshaw191


Hi tims31
I do have the vin and v5 and plenty of photos I think but how many photos should I send?



I originally sent mine with about 10 but they said they wanted more, in the end I sent about 75 of every stage of the build and an explanation of what stage/step it was and they were happy with that.


HTH

tims31 - 6/2/18 at 03:43 PM

Mickey

For the VIN number contact DVLA



IVA approval from DVLA website details here https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-approval/individual-vehicle-approval

HTH


And when it comes to registration I have detailed what I sent to DVLA for and age related plate
registration paperwork for DVLA

[Edited on 6/2/18 by tims31]

russbost - 7/2/18 at 09:41 AM

Mike, you don't need to have a kitcar to join the club, anyone's welcome! U2U sent

Russ