Hi All

The end of a three year build today.

I had my SVA test today at Mitcham . I had an MOT B4 Christmas which it passed first time but today was the first long distance trip the car has done. Even though the weather was terrable this morning, Im pleased to say i got to the test center without event. The test centre is a bit of a cold and sterile place and you certainly feel small whilst all the trucks are going through their paces. The examiner was great , after checking all the usuals , lights etc he let me sit in the car whilst the speedo check was being done so i could calibrate the speedo and he let me adjust my webber 500 mixture screws to lean up the mixture . All the internals passed and i even got away without a soft pad on the steering wheel!

What a very nice and helpful man

Just the registration hurdle now

Cheers all and roll on spring

Julian B
Oxted Surrey

Congratulations. Nice looking car too!!

as above, looks great.

quick question/s

seat harness holes, they look higher than normal. Did you fit them youself?

What runners are you using (I have the same sets, but no holes)

cheers, scott.

well done mate nice looking car

why have you got a reg plate on the front

donor reg acording to RAC site

They are top lads at mitcham,Michael did my 1st test and Ian the retest. They were both very helpfull and i would recomend Mitcham for the experiance.

[Edited on 10/1/07 by bob]

superb looking car, well done!!

Thanks for the comments

The car has a dropped floor ( about 2 inches below the lower chassis member but the seats are on standard adjustable runners. Im 6ft2 and i look through the windscreen as opposed to over it

Hope that helps

and yes its only the donor reg, just to keep plod happy

Well done, Great looking car, and correct colour but i'm biased.
Steve.

[Edited on 10/1/07 by stevec]

Very nicely turned out Julian - well done

Nice car and well done.....just curious, but where is the handbrake?? I would like to use a non obvious place too.

Actually having the donor reg on the car is worse than having none at all. With no plate, driving to SVA is fine and legal - as long as the insurance has the chassis number, driving any car with the wrong plate is illegal!

I have always found that standing at the side of a road arguing the finer points of the law with the police to be a fruitless exercise. The donor is registered to my home address so that if I were to be stopped all of the documents that I had with me would tie up. You are less likely to be stopped with plates, illegal or not. How many police officers know that you are allowed to drive a car without registration plates? Very few I bet!

The handbrake is under the dash mounted horizontally, standard dax fitment