wrightster Posted November 18, 2002 Share Posted November 18, 2002 please can someone explain why some cars need to be sva,d is to do with either being a Q plate or a "normal reg" sorry for the stupidity, once i actually buy a westie hopefuly i will be to busy driving it to ask as many daft questions .....TIA (again) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westy Posted November 18, 2002 Share Posted November 18, 2002 Simple, SVA was introduced the early/middle of 1998 so cars 'born' after that point need to go through the SVA check. Before that an MOT was sufficent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrightster Posted November 18, 2002 Author Share Posted November 18, 2002 Cheers Westy, is the Q plate dependant on donor parts/cars used ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike H Posted November 18, 2002 Share Posted November 18, 2002 Hey, I can answer this one! Nowadays every kit car, sorry amateur built vehicle, has to be SVA'd before it can be registered. The SVA has nothing to do with registration except you have to have passed SVA before you can register a kit. This applies whether the car ends up as a Q plate or new or age related reg. The type of registration awarded (to put it simply) depends mainly on how many new/donor parts are used. If you used diff/gbog and engine from a Sierra you could possible take it's age related reg also! If you use all new parts or all new and only one major recon part you can get a new plate. Otherwise it'll probably be a Q plate. If you buy a car ready built and registered it will already have been SVA'd if it was built after 1998(ish). Before that SVA didn't really exist. HTH regards Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrightster Posted November 18, 2002 Author Share Posted November 18, 2002 Thanks for your help, its all becoming a bit clearer .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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