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I’ll take them Greg. Will send you a PM. Thanks Dan

More photos by Jake 😁

Happy days - will try to make one of the next ones 🤞👍

Hi Sam & Dave, the Vauxhall - Luton factory - officially closed on 31st March - the factory is to close completely in approx 12/18 months, I’m unsure if you will get any response but manufacturing is moving up to Ellesmere Port - see the quoted phone number in pic below. But I would ask @Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO as I have a none Q reg 1999 registered Westy - my understanding is that any MOT station should test 1999 SVA cars to the Special Notes - or CO2 readings on the V5C - my tester confirmed that when I’ve took it the last twice - I took my V5C and they agreed - I have no note & CO2 on V5C so they couldn’t test to anything - Mr V could you advise Sam???

Out to play in the sunshine today.

Monthly meet at The Old Waggon and Horses, Kiddi Road, few miles out from Stourbridge. Always a good turnout. Have posted it in the events section a few times last year. Sorry, didn't post this one. I wasn't the only one there...

where was you lurking?

Photos added for the rac roll bar

£25 + postage Will need to be pop riveted as they have been drilled to fit them. Email greg.blair@protonmail.com if my membership has expired

Had a good day today at the The Den in Teignmouth, organised by Colin’s Crashbox club. I met Matt at Ilminster Services soon after 8am having had an early morning walking the dog and washing the car. My little (but getting bigger!) copilot joined me and we had a fun blat up in quite foggy conditions to start. After I had phaffed around with our headsets for a while, giving Matt the chance to lust over a couple of nice Landies, we headed up to meet Adge at Taunton services for a quick break and a wine gum breakfast 🤣. From there, down to Teignmouth mainly on the M5, with the last part being quite ‘interesting’ down some winding single track roads due to a road closure. Anyway, safely there at about 9.30am in lovely sunshine, we spent the time wandering around the building collection of cars of all sorts, it was an excellent turnout with The Den being full by the time we left. Lorna and I went to the beach for a while before heading back to say bye to Adge and Matt when they left around noon. Mark T had spent the morning fitting his cycle wings and was due there around 1pm, so we had a crafty fish and chip lunch, followed by an ice cream and then met up with Mark for a chat before heading home. Nice day, lovely weather and good to catch up with the chaps. Looking forward to Haynes Breakfast Meet on 4th May too, fingers crossed for similar weather 🤞

Thanks, really appreciate the advice. I'm not fussed about a q plate so happy to go this route. I'll try to knock a build thread up as it'll be nice having others see what I'm doing and hopefully point out my mistakes before it's too late . I'll start having a look through my documentation to make sure ive got all the info i need for registration.

Bought from QED and never used. Come with the modified splanner to fit it 😅 Free if youre happy to pay for the postage https://qedmotorsport.co.uk/product/oil-pressure-switch/ Email greg.blair@protonmail.com if my membership has expired

Having a clear out and found this in the garage £10 I can post it but it's not going to be cheap due to the length of it Please email Greg.blair@protonmail.com if my membership has ran out

Oh wow, quite a few owners there 🙂 I used to own a pre-lit purchased from a Westfield specialist in Newmarket and 30 years later am contemplating moving from my motorcycle to another one and hence wanted to have a look around to see how they've moved on.

More photos from our resident camera man @Jakejmagee!!

Today was the tail of two halves. First half not fantastic. Second half surprisingly good. Starting with the first half - arrived at the Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum at 10 to meet up with @Jakejmagee, @matthew902and Gary Kingsnorth. Museum was interesting but not particularly overwhelming. At least with Jake there, the photos are good - Second half much more popular. Unfortunately @matthew902 had moved on having decided to visit the Bomber Command Memorial. We were joined by @Chris Emm and Mo at Daisy Made Ice Cream at their car event. This clearly didn’t have the word ‘classic’ in the headline so the average age of the public was significantly younger. Much bigger spread of cars and more of a buzz. Unfortunately Jake had to leave so the photo duty reverted back to me so not so good or plentiful. Glorious weather, lovely company. Quite a day. Thanks.

That is exactly what I expected to happen, so was quite relieved when it didn’t!

It’s not secured currently, not sure how I could really. Most likely I’ll take it out for the MOT to avoid any issues. My local garage is quite helpful so I’m sure they would advise me what to do. It has passed fine with just a cushion in place. I’ll let you know what they say! The silly thing is that when I’m strapped in with the six point harness, it’s not going anywhere!

Hello Guys, Any of you selling a tonneau cover for wide body seiw? Like this in the picture. Having no budget for brand new atm Cheers

You can, of course, build and IVA with one engine, then change it later...but it isn't as simple as it used to be. In the 'good old days', all you had to do was update the engine number & capacity if applicable, on the V5 and send it to DVLA. Now, you need to produce an 'official' letter from a recognised business in the trade to declare that the engine swap as detailed has taken place. Not the end of the world, but one more hoop to jump, and I honestly don't know what would happen come MOT time with emissions testing. Simplest path by far on that front is a Q plate. I'd be very surprised if you'd be able to get anything else given the history of your build so far. Personally, I love a Q plate for a kit car. Makes things much easier. RFL will be the same regardless of registration and is governed simply by engine capacity as kits are treated as 'PLG'. Under 1549cc is £220, over is £360 The key thing to remember in all this is that DVSA, who handle the IVA, and DVLA, who handle registration are NOT the same entity!! This helps a bit when trying to understand why the left hand doesn't seem to even know there is a right hand at times. One thing to check, the chassis number. Make sure it meets the rules or you may have to have DVLA issue one for you - no big deal, and it's free, but might need doing depending on how old the kit is...maybe!! The DVLA Kits & Rebuilds department are actually pretty helpful in my limited experience with them. And please, do start a build thread. It's a great way for folk to follow along and offer unsolicited advice

Thanks for the info Dave I did find this guys contacts on another forum I sent an email to his address earlier so let’s see but doesn’t sound too hopeful

Yeh I will have to but it’s just annoying having to try and explain all of this over the phone to numerous testers wish there was an easy solution!

I can't remember who told me, but I'm sorry to say I was told the old Vauxhall department that dealt with things like proof of age etc on the engines, shut up shop years ago. I know the old contact info we have on the site here stopped working along time ago. (Scarily) it's two decades since I used them! but here's the contact details kit builders used to use, like I say, not active as far as I know, but you might be able to get a referral possibly? Jonathan Bell, Vehicle Registrations Systems Coordinator Vauxhall, Marketing Services J. Bell 7288 D3, Vauxhall Motors Limited, Griffin House, Osborne Road, Luton, LU1 3YT ,ENGLAND. Ext: 7288 Tel: 0044 - (0)1582-427288 (Office) Tel: 0044 - (0)1582-874405 (Office) Fax: 0044 - (0)1582 427400 Dial-8: 8944 - 7288 Mobile: 0044 - (0)7721-066886 Email: jonathan.bell@vauxhall.co.uk (Office)

A few pics from today plus an interesting kit car