Slider
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| posted on 29/2/08 at 04:32 PM |
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Change of body
Hi Folks,
I need some advice here. If i were to get an old mini , then cut it in half and make it into a pick up
(dont ask,lol), do i have to change anything on the log book/ taxation class etc? I have no idea and can't seem to find out.
Cheers,
Slider.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 29/2/08 at 04:37 PM |
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would it not then be a 2 seater?
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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andyps
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| posted on 29/2/08 at 04:39 PM |
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Why not start off with a mini pickup?
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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Slider
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| posted on 29/2/08 at 04:39 PM |
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It most certainly would. That, i thought of and it would be a different colour to i expect, lol. But what about the rest?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 29/2/08 at 04:43 PM |
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no I don't think anything else would change, unless you tried to claim it was a commercial vehicle for taxation, but that might make them
suspicious and next thing you know you’ve lost the original reg, got a Q plate and a heap of hassle.
I remember a VW golf that ended up with a Q plate due to him fitting gullwing doors, not quite even in the league of what your proposing either.
[Edited on 29/2/08 by Mr Whippy]
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Slider
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| posted on 29/2/08 at 04:53 PM |
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Nah, i dont want it to be a commercial but didnt know if it would have to be.
Now then, what if the floor pan of said mini was sooooo rotten that it had to be cut out and repaired with, um, i dunno, a load of nice tube steel
perhaps?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 29/2/08 at 04:54 PM |
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or a space frame chassis and rear mounted bike engine? broom broom 
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Slider
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| posted on 29/2/08 at 04:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by andyps
Why not start off with a mini pickup?
Have you tried to find one for less than a scrillion quid, lol.
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Slider
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| posted on 29/2/08 at 04:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
or a space frame chassis and rear mounted bike engine? broom broom
Erm, possibly. Would i get away with it do you think?
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novacaine
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| posted on 29/2/08 at 05:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Slider
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
or a space frame chassis and rear mounted bike engine? broom broom
Erm, possibly. Would i get away with it do you think?
anything is possible, just depends on how deep your pockets are.....
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but its sinking, Racing around to come up behind you again, the sun is the same in a relative way but
your older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 29/2/08 at 05:40 PM |
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If you modify the chassis you should have an SVA. This has been discussed several times recently and the outcome is always that you will get away with
it up until you have an accident at which point you will be in very deep do-do  You will be driving around essentially unregistered and uninsured.
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Slider
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| posted on 29/2/08 at 07:10 PM |
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Ok Matt, thanks for that. At least i know now.
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onzarob
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| posted on 29/2/08 at 07:49 PM |
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This thread covers most of the reasons you should sva 
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=82595
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