
Can some one tell me when sva first started
and were kit cars built before then exempt
of any test
thaks colin 
Can't say when SVA first raised it's ugly head, but a Dutton that I built in 1984 was just registered as a Ford Dutton, no test, no hassle. This was at that time perfectly legal. To be honest some absolutely dangerous crap was registered before SVA, and in my opinion the standard of build now is at least road worthy, so SVA is doing a good job, regardless of what some people say. Cheers Ray
1998 - see Fozzies recent post in the SVA section - some good links.
Cheers, Pewe 
SVA was imposed in 1998 but there was an amnesty of sorts for kits which had been bought before then - they had to be completed before 2000.
After that, every "kit" had to go through an SVA.
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After that, every "kit" had to go through an SVA.