megabusa Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 Is there any way to avoid SVA testing with a newly built Westfield? I wasn't gonna use it on the road when I built it, but now quite fancy the idea. Trouble is it would need virtually rebuilding to get it thru the SVA. (new steering column, steering wheel, mirrors, exhaust, speedo, lights, etc etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjwood Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 If it has never been registered then there's no way around it that I am aware of. Most of the items you list are required to be within the construction and use regs anyway, so if you did have it registered and drove it without lights, for example, it would be an offence anyway. If you've used the parts Westfield supply / recommend for the majority of the build I can't see anything major that would be a hurdle at SVA, though. And it's well worth putting it on the orad. Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Scarfe Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 Try to find and buy a knackered one (written off etc.) cheaply with a log book and apply for a change of chassis numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 ..........apply for a change of chassis numbers. I had a load of trouble trying to change chassis numbers on one of my cars. I had to take it to the local DVLA office, where they inspected it to make sure it was the same car as the one with the "old" chassis number (it was, but how would they know?). I ran the risk of having to re-register on a "Q", and suffer the ignominy of having to pass an SVA test, despite the car being already registered. The inspector said that while engine swaps were commonplace, chassis swapping was tantamount to producing a new car, and the relevant rules would apply............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N_J Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 So the question is .... If I had to replace the chassis cos it got damaged in an accident, wuld I have to therfore go through SVA ? Or can I get another chassis with the same number stamped on it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick M Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 No, you wouldn't need to go through the SVA again. You'd just need to get the V5 changed. Friend of mine did exactly this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 Received wisdom (from DVLA inspector! is to get a new chassis with the old number.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick M Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 Easier said than done sometimes - Westfield were only able to supply a chassis with a new number. Something to do with cloning another car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megabusa Posted January 21, 2002 Author Share Posted January 21, 2002 So buy an old car and log book, send the logbook off to be changed to a new engine and body colour, and hey presto! Is this correct, or simply a sure fire way to get banged up for ringing a car?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westfieldman Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 I have a set of letter and number stamps what number do you want stamping on a bit of box section and cut on weld it in Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 Westfield were only able to supply a chassis with a new number. Something to do with cloning another car. As Westfieldman2002 alludes to, you buy a chassis with a new number on it, but it doesn't mean it has to stay on it As long as the chassis you are replacing is not an insurance notified total loss/accident damaged, then who's gonna know? I think N_J is more concerned about his missus stuffing the car whilst trying to out do herself at Boscombe this year....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick M Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 Ah, therein lies the difference - this was an insurance job for a road car. Hence the new chassis and new number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 I knew we'd agree in the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick M Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 I'm sort of vaguely contemplating a new chassis in a few year's time but have no desire to go through the SVA so a bit of welding may be required... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 I suppose you could remove the chassis numbered tubes and take them to the factory for fitting to a new chassis.....or perhaps even ask the factory to supply a chassis un-numbered.........for off road/racing use only of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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