Iva And Number Plates

[Guest Donny James]

can anyone help

 

When building a robin hood kit car how much of the doner car needs to be used of kept to be able to use the age related number plate

 

Thanks

[ibrooks]

You need all the donor parts to have either come from the same donor or be replaced with new parts. Any mix and match of parts where some have come from a different vehicle will push you towards Q territory. That said..... some parts bear "points" under the older system and it's mainly those that they will be looking for.

 

Body - obviously you're replacing this bit.

Axles - front and rear. Depending on the model of Robin Hood you're likely to be using the rear complete and for the front we assume they mean the stub axles so again quite likely yes they have been used. This demonstrates though just how open to interpretation the whole thing is.

Transmission - diff and gearbox. Again chances are you're using them both.

Engine - As above.

Brakes - Again depending on the model but chances are you're using them with maybe some new replacement parts.

Steering - As above.

 

In lots of cases only some of the original parts are used and replacement parts come with the kit so hopefully they will accept this as being the original donor part with maybe new replacement components.

 

It's also dificult for the testers/inspectors to tell if a Sierra rear axle cam from one particular car (wink wink). Obviously taking the wee wee and having an engine with Vauxhall or Rover on the rocker cover will make them look harder. Bear in mind though that the non-stadard parts could quite legitimately have been fitted to the donor vehicle before it was pulled apart to become your kit and in this case they are part of the orignal donor vehicle. You will need to prove that the parts were fitted though so just sending off the logbook with the replacement engine number and capacity will not satisfy them that a Rover V8 came from a Sierra for example.

 

Iain

[Guest gdc]

re the engine with the strange rocker cover .

if your car has been regestered with that engine in it then its ok .

majority of parts from 1 donor then age related plate .

all new parts or 1 major item remanufactured to the origonal specs

then a new plate .

graham

recipts are the key to the registration

[ibrooks]

Like I said it's quite possible to use an engine that's not standard for your donor as long as it was fitted to the donor before you took it apart. You will need to prove this though.

 

If you have a Sierra based kit and want to use a Vauxhall XE engine then you will need to be able to prove to the tester that the engine was fitted to the Sierra and have sent off the Sierra's V5 to get the engine number and capacity changed before you then use the Sierra as your donor. Exactly what constitutes proof is a grey area. They used to simply accept the fact that the engine number was on the Sierra's documents but people had got wise to the fact that changing the engine details on a V5 does not require an inspection so they simply sent off the donor V5 with the new capacity and engine number and then registered the kit as a single donor vehicle. In reality the non standard engine might never have been within 10 feet of the donor car. This is what they are clamping down on.

 

Iain

[Guest motokustom]

Just a quick question.... does the donor car need to be registered in your name or can you just supply the V5 at the time when needed? Thanks Dave

[Guest gdc]

i believe should be in your name

[ZeroKnowledge]

should be in your name so you can sorn it