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ghost_walker

posted on 4/7/04 at 08:56 PM Reply With Quote
how to get there??

i almost ready for my SVA test but how do i take it there? (only about 4 miles to test centre)

car has not mot,no tax, no reg (not bothered about getting a Q plate) so there for i can't be insured right or am i missing something?





there is only three speeds. fast, very fast and oh shit!!!

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ady8077

posted on 4/7/04 at 09:00 PM Reply With Quote
Hi

You insure it on its chassis number, when you book your SVA they will send you a letter confiming the date and stating your allowed to drive there

Adrian

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ghost_walker

posted on 4/7/04 at 09:06 PM Reply With Quote
so do i just attach the vin plate from the donor car which got scrapped? and stamp/engrave the chassis number onto the car somewhere like the drivers A pillar?





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ady8077

posted on 4/7/04 at 09:24 PM Reply With Quote
Hi, no you cant use the donors, if you bought the chassis the manufacture should have supplied you with one. If not ring your local DVLA and they will issue a new one, or let you make up your own

Stamp or engrave it on the chassis somewhere out of site and on an ally plate in the engine bay

Adrian

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ghost_walker

posted on 4/7/04 at 09:29 PM Reply With Quote
thank you for your help. anyone in particular i need to speak to in the dvla?





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zilspeed

posted on 4/7/04 at 10:30 PM Reply With Quote
If you have a towbar, I have a trailer. Makes it very easy and you can relax. Let me know if you could make use of it.

I see you are near Glasgow - I am in Cumbernauld.






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Peteff

posted on 4/7/04 at 10:56 PM Reply With Quote
Reshelled Cavalier?

If that's what the car is you shouldn't need any SVA. Contact DVLA and see what they say. You can rebody a car and retain the identity of the vehicle without any problems.





yours, Pete

I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

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ghost_walker

posted on 4/7/04 at 10:59 PM Reply With Quote
donor car is scrapped. shell is different as it's a saloon and not the hatch the original was.

also i can't prove the shell was supplied new by a dealer as i bought it second hand privately





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Peteff

posted on 4/7/04 at 11:04 PM Reply With Quote
Doesn't matter.

Use the shell identity and register an engine change. Most you will need is an engineers report but an MOT should cover you. If you turn up for SVA with a U.K. Cavalier they will think you're having them on.





yours, Pete

I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

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ghost_walker

posted on 4/7/04 at 11:07 PM Reply With Quote
really? everyone i spoke to at the local place said i'd need to do the full SVA test.

and if i read the DVLA website right as i can't prove the shell is a new one from a vauxhall dealer i have to do it





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JoelP

posted on 5/7/04 at 07:26 AM Reply With Quote
you dont need to prove its new! just use the identity of the donor shell, stick its original reg plates on and tell the DVLA it has a new engine! cos then the shell hasnt changed.






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andyps

posted on 5/7/04 at 12:48 PM Reply With Quote
Spread it out a little. Think of it this way, if a car was rolled and got a new shell it would not need an SVA. If a week later the engine blew and was replaced it would need a new engine number on the registration document, that is all.





Andy

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ady8077

posted on 5/7/04 at 03:11 PM Reply With Quote
Hi

I though the building a cavalier bit was a joke

If you've got a log book for the new shell then you should be ok, you wont be able to use the old shell vin number though, thats ringing

Adrian

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ghost_walker

posted on 5/7/04 at 06:29 PM Reply With Quote
building the cavalier is no joke. set me right up for tackling something else.
just have to convince parents to let me take over the garage again





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ady8077

posted on 5/7/04 at 08:02 PM Reply With Quote
Hi Ghost

I didn't mean your cav was a joke , just thought you meant a cav based locost

Adrian

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ghost_walker

posted on 5/7/04 at 08:04 PM Reply With Quote
hmm theres a thought, rear engine rear wheel drive. gearlinkage might be a bit of a pain





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