Sorry if people are expecting a joke, this is a serious question.
If I was to buy, say an old dutton etc type kit that has been on the road but is now in need of a little tlc, and rebuilt it using a homemade steel spaceframe type chassis, would I be able to keep the identification/reg of the said vehicle?This would allow me to get on the road without the need for an sva.Any views!!!!

Hi
Strictly speaking and legally no, it's not allowed. But ask yourself how many bike engined Sevens especially are out there registered as Duttons and carlton Commandos (you know who all you are!!!) because bike engines are notoriously difficult to get through the emmissions test at the SVA.(or are too tight to pay for the test). Personally I think if you go this route you are either a pussy or a cheating bastard and should be flogged in the town square but that's just my opinion!
Chris PTM

I love seeing diplomacy at it's best.

Can anyone do a better job than our very own PTM?

Chris,
smells of "wish I'd thought of that" to me.
Either way I'm up for a public flogging!!

Actually Macca No
It's not I wish I'd thought of that. It's is this car really as safe as I think it is having not passed any test that goes beyond an MOT. Is it that such people (some of whom are good friends of mine) are so poo scared of their own mechanical prowess that they dare'nt take an SVA for fear of failure. I'm not saying it is, it's just a thought. It can't all be a cost issue either as some of these log books cost way more than an SVA. I've been involved in two SVA's now, my own and a good friend's and we both passed first time. There's nothing to it if your car is built correctly and to the regulations. Here's a thought, if you had a child that needed a car seat would you buy a non BSI certified seat because it was easier or cheaper. No thought not!
Chris PTM

ouch

i think i'd go for a sva test or an engineers test just to be on the safe side and satisfy my own mind that my work was up 2 scratch

Chris,
I think I get where you're coming from, but wouldn't the baby seat analogy ( where's the spelcheek?) have me going out to buy a volvo!
Anyway about this flogging....