bilbo
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 09:16 AM |
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Fitting 'full' body to a 7 - SVA/IVA implications
OK, so I haven't quite finished my car yet, but I can't help but think about what I'm going to build next.
Just mulling over a few ideas. If I was to buy a legal on-the-road 7, remove the existing body work, then fit a new 'full' body to it (ie
stylus/fury type thing, but my own design), would I need to re-put it through an SVA/IVA?
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kj
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 09:18 AM |
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would have thought as it is just a re body you should be ok.
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smart51
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 09:22 AM |
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If the chassis remains the same, I think it doesn't need an SVA.
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Dusty
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 09:35 AM |
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Interesting question. I'm confident you could change body colour on the documents but you might end up with a car described as a
'seven' with a body which was obviously a fury. Might cause problems at MOT time if the garage was knowledgeable or when selling as it
could look like a ringer.
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bilbo
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 09:45 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dusty
Interesting question. I'm confident you could change body colour on the documents but you might end up with a car described as a
'seven' with a body which was obviously a fury. Might cause problems at MOT time if the garage was knowledgeable or when selling as it
could look like a ringer.
I think I'd have to be careful here re what it says on the log book. If it says the car is a 'Special', then I'd probably be
OK
What I'm planning to is to build a sort of 'Locost GT' car. Basically a 7, but with a more practical hard top body. I'd
probably choose something like a Viento as a base so I can fit some bigger engines.
I may yet just build my own chassis again, or buy a chassis kit, but looking at the prices of on-the-road cars, it may be more cost effective to buy
ready built and then modify, particually when you factor in the cost of IVA.
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James
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 09:54 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dusty
Interesting question. I'm confident you could change body colour on the documents but you might end up with a car described as a
'seven' with a body which was obviously a fury. Might cause problems at MOT time if the garage was knowledgeable or when selling as it
could look like a ringer.
One good reason, at registration time, to use something unidentifiable as the model! 
Hence, my 'model' is my surname!
Cheers,
James
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 09:56 AM |
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you mean rebody it with something like a WLR ( le mans lookalike) which used to be an MK indy chassis with a few extra tubes at the front to support
the front bodywork
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bilbo
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 10:13 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mad-butcher
you mean rebody it with something like a WLR ( le mans lookalike) which used to be an MK indy chassis with a few extra tubes at the front to support
the front bodywork
Do you mean this: linky
Not really that sort of style, but the same principal of using a 7 chassis. I'm looking more at a fully enclosed, practical type body. Perhaps
more like a TVR speed 12, but with less sticky-out bits:
[Edited on 15/2/09 by bilbo]
 
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Guinness
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 10:52 AM |
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"practical type body. Perhaps more like a TVR speed 12, but with less sticky-out bits: "
Possibly the only time anyone has ever referred to a Speed 12 as "practical" !!
Mike
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jeffw
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 11:20 AM |
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My Phoenix was orginal registered as a Striker but was involved in a accident. The then owner re-bodied the car as a Phoenix and had the name of the
docs changed to reflect that without SVA again.
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bilbo
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 08:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
"practical type body. Perhaps more like a TVR speed 12, but with less sticky-out bits: "
Possibly the only time anyone has ever referred to a Speed 12 as "practical" !!
Mike
You may have a point there
But it's all relative
[Edited on 15/2/09 by bilbo]
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