billy
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| posted on 11/5/04 at 07:03 PM |
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dutton 7
i know someone who has a dutton and is thinking of making it look more like a 7 rep. this must of been talked about before but, can he legaly change
his chassi for one he has made up. ie locost . dos he break any law???
luego-lo-cost finished,vauxhall 16v 2.0,twin 45s de-dion rear set up
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flak monkey
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| posted on 11/5/04 at 07:08 PM |
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I believe theres a small matter called ringing  and its illegal.
Doing what he does just avoids SVA and you end up with an illegal car...and any good insurance company can spot the difference between a dutton and a
7....
Its been covered here several times...do a search and you'll soon see....
Just DONT do it!
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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greggors84
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| posted on 12/5/04 at 11:29 AM |
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Im guessing that you can change the bodywork no problems and maybe modify the chassis slightly without having to worry about re-registering it. If he
was to completely change the chassis he would prob have to register it as a different car and SVA it.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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mackie
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| posted on 12/5/04 at 11:57 AM |
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Like the avatar flak monkey 
\m/ \m/
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flak monkey
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| posted on 12/5/04 at 01:57 PM |
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You can keep the chassis number and not re-register or sva if you keep the original chassis afaik. As soon as you build a new chassis you have to go
thru the whole SVA process....
So just changing the bodywork as greggors84 says should be fine.
It then becomes like turning a Beetle into a beach buggy (for want of a better example...keep the chassis, mod the body) and you have to do whatever
you need to do there... check with DVLA to be safe...
Cheers
David
 Mackie \m/
[Edited on 12/5/04 by flak monkey]
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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ned
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| posted on 12/5/04 at 03:17 PM |
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In theory, if you started off with the dutton chassis and cut bits off and re-welded it until it was a locost chassis it would be ok (IMVHO!!) though
this would take a hec of a lot of work and would be more difficult than building a scratch locost IMO. If you kept a photo record of this work, you
could prove it was hte same, modified/repaired chassis to the police or dvla if necessary...
all IMVHO (ducks for cover)
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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PeetBee
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| posted on 27/5/04 at 08:53 AM |
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As the others have said, keeping the chassis and modifying the body is ok, but not changing the chasssis.
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woodster
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| posted on 27/5/04 at 09:09 AM |
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Tell me about it 
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