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Thankfully the weather was kind this morning, chilly and a little damp to start with, but soon brightened up. Five of us met up at Ashby services for a quick chat after playing "reverse gear" for Ben's MNR R1.... apparently he has a reverse ready to fit, but it's easier just to block traffic and ask us to push! 😂 We then had a fun run down the lanes to Curborough to meet @Andy83 in his Tiger (the Megabusa is being worked on) to watch the cars on track. Not a huge meet at Curborough, but some interesting cars like a BMW bike engined Hillman Imp, a well driven 1.8 VVC engined Metro, a sweet sounding Evora and a turbocharged MX5 that was sideways everywhere. This of course got us on the subject of forced induction for @Glynn Walters Mazda engined car 😂 During much leg pulling and banter, the eagle eyed @Andy83spotted another Westfield had parked next us while we had walked the paddock. Luckily we had James Bond with us (aka @Glynn Andrews) who through some slightly disturbing online stalking, managed to track down Dan from Cannock who is a recent Toybox owner (hopefully we didn't scare you off! 😂). Dan's car is a beautiful blue 2.0 Zetec on Omex ITB's with a set of lovely split rims. Oh, and thanks for the bacon buttie @HB46443, it's my shout next time 👍

Great to meet you guys today!!

Your V5C does not have the relevant emissions data for it to be charged excise duty based on It’s emissions because it was not tested in that way when first registered. Emissions based excise duty is for vehicles that have a EC Certificate of Conformity having been tested in accordance with the relevant type approval regulations. The majority of kit cars (and some other low volume vehicles) are tested using IVA which is is vastly simplified testing process costing many £000’s less than type approval however this does not measure the g/CO2/km required for it to be taxed based on emissions and vehicle age. As ever the gov.U.K. site provides guidance for the majority of customers but given that kit cars probably only amount to 0.01% of all vehicles on the U.K. roads it can’t provide all the detail for every scenario. If you want to get down the the nitty gritty of details then you need to be reading the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994, particularly Part 1A of Schedule 1 that clearly states that the emissions based limits are for vehicles with an EC Certificate of Conformity and part 1 of Schedule 1 which states that the cc based limits are applicable in all other cases that are not defined elsewhere in the regulations. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/contents

Last Friday's Fish & Chips run since it was a nice night

Searching for cylinder head now leads to being emailed links to this.🤔

it wouldn’t, and nor would any other engine as a individual component. type approval testing looks at the emissions of the car-assembly as a whole and are expressed as the grams of CO2 emitted per km from that car. different factors such as the weight of the car and the type of tyres fitted will all have a bearing on this figure, as such two different cars from the same manufacturer and fitted with the same engine would have different g/CO2/Km and would therefore be taxed differently. the system is far from unfair, quite the opposite in-fact as it gives amateur builders the chance to build a car and get it tested and on the road for a reasonable cost. The alternative to this is type approval which costs a manufacturer many thousands to test just a single car and that approval is then only valid for identical examples that are built thereafter. The benefit for them may be lower VED but this does not offer the flexibility that we are given with the IVA process as amateurs to build our cars uniquely. In the U.K. we are incredibly fortunate to have IVA, not all European countries have such as system and therefore registration of kit cars or any home builds is virtually impossible for them.

Wingardium Carbiosa! @harrypotter

Maybe they shouldn’t stand so close.

not very exciting, but it is current state and progress being made. 123ignition fitted, now waiting for the AFR lol when the fuel needy stop going to the petrol stations in a panic i will top her up and test the new ignition, all i know so far is; it starts and revs and sounds smoother somehow.

A nice but chilly morning with dry and damp roads meant an interesting drive joined by Scott and his hyabusa’d westy, we had a great morning out and home before the rain

Very interested 😁

Good job Terry

@Jim RS

I also have some spare still brand new but I don’t where they are right now. Will dig through the the post build pile later. Actually there’s a topic “How big was your post build pile”

A quick 4 laps at Croft last week trying out the CXR’s and amazing Avon tyres.

My first track experience was a success. I had no car issues and even more surprisingly...... No driver issues either. Big Thanks to@Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO for organising the event and letting a newbie like me attend. Also thanks to @NigelO for the pictures (the first lineup picture is my dodgy work)

Dads Westy sporting its new Mini lites

A couple of images from The Classic at Prescott last weekend

Great run up A84, Glencoe and a lap of Loch Leven before heading home. The road round Loch Leven is tremendous if you ever get the chance.

Glorious.

Between Tan Hill and Barnard Castle

I'm not often compelled to sign a petition or even make a serious post, but this makes me very sad. Have a read, what a desperately tragic life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Merrick https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leicestershire-58663776 Link to the petition if you feel inclined to sign it. https://www.change.org/p/itae-productions-stop-the-exploitation-of-people-with-disabilities-in-your-dinner-and-dissection-show/psf/share?source_location=corgi&psf_variant=combo&from_guest_psf=1&short_display_name=Russell&share_intent=1