Building/registering In Ireland

[Guest gavin]

Just a curiosity really....

 

Does anyone out there have any experience of building, registering and/or insuring a Hood in the Republic of Ireland. I recently moved here and hope, some time in the near future, to have a go at building my first kit car.

 

Before leaving ol'Blighty I was seriously considering the Sub-K kit, but then unemployment loomed and things got put on hold.

 

Now back in work and starting to think of kits again.

 

I've also noticed that Sierras aren't that plentiful over here, and those I have seen seem fairly ropey.

 

Insurance wise that are some worries aswell....I also own a 1989 4.9 ltr Ford Bronco LHD, and can't find anyone to insure it over here. There aren't the specialist insurance companies like in the UK.

 

Any thoughts or ideas welcomed

 

Gav

[Guest Fred2b]

Gavin

I don't know anything about registering a Hood in Ireland but I can tell you that alot of the British Army squaddies have old Sierras and will often be only too glad to part with it for a few quid. I know this because my youngest son is in the Army and most of his mates had one. In fact he got my 2 litre donor for me at £75 ( I had a choice of four ) and drove it over here on the ferry. The engine is practically perfect ( the squaddies have access to alot of equipment and advise ). Just get the word out to these guys and I am sure you will get a few calls.

Best of luck

Fred

[Guest gavin]

Fred

 

Thanks for the info....

 

I'll be looking into the donor situation at bit more once I've found out about registering and insuring. Don't want to start building, and then find I can't insure the bugger.

 

Insurance over here is a nightmare - I pay about £100 more for TPFT than for fully comp in the UK! :angry:

 

Cheers

 

Gav

[Guest mickmellors]

I was speaking to a chap from Northern Ireland at Donington Show a couple of weeks back who had just moved over here from Derry (I have to admit my ignorance - I have no idea where that is ) and he was amazed at how cheap it was to insure kit cars here. He has an 8 year old JBA and was paying £1200 for 6 months over there and just over £200 for a year here.

 

Get the next ferry back. We miss you ! ! !

[Guest gavin]

Don't talk to me about insurance....

 

I read a report recently that stated something to the effect that in Southern Ireland consumers are 6 times more likely to make an insurance claim than anywhere else in Europe, and payouts are 4 times as high!

 

Not sure about those numbers but it was something ridiculous like that!

 

As I said earlier I can't get insurance for my Bronco. It's not even a case of quotes being ridiculously high, insurance companies won't even quote on it. As soon as I mention LHD and 5 ltrs, it's as much as they can do not to laugh.

 

...has an 8 year old JBA and was paying £1200 for 6 months...

Highlights my point exactly.

 

If it was a classic (>20 yrs old) - no worries, 1 or 2 companies specialise. But it's only 10 yrs old. There are loads of "boy racer" types here - you now the sort...less ground clearance than a hood, tea tray on the boot! - and there are companies who insure them (I know a guy who pays 2500 euros a year and its only a small Golf sized car), but big engines and left hookers they no likee.

 

The search continues.......

 

Wonder if I could insure a Hood as a "lightly" modified sierra?