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prawnabie

posted on 21/9/14 at 03:28 PM Reply With Quote
IVAing a 2CV based car

Hi everyone,

Further on to my Burton post, I having been wondering about the process of tackling the DVLA with a "2cv Special". I am hoping the car will have an unmodified 2CV chassis with a fibreglass body on top. Am I right in thinking if this is the case I will not need an IVA?

As a side note, how do 2CV owners get away with fitting a new chassis to their cars? Is it a case of no-one will ever know is is there a legal way of doing it?

Im just wondering as I would like to start off with a fresh galvanised chassis to bolt all of the 2cv parts to - Im guessing this would need an IVA then though!

Thanks

Shaun

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whitestu

posted on 21/9/14 at 05:15 PM Reply With Quote
My understanding is that if the chassis isn't modified no IVA is needed.

You need to get a GSA engine and box in it though!!
Stu

[Edited on 21/9/14 by whitestu]

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SteveWalker

posted on 21/9/14 at 10:20 PM Reply With Quote
I'd investigate further if I was you, but general opinion on many car sites (some have contacted the DVLA to ask) is that if you replace the chassis like for like, stamp the old number on the new chassis (new chassis usually comes with no number) and destroy the old chassis, then there is no problem. If so, I would buy the chassis and then register any other relevant changes further down the line, so you can argue that you replaced the chassis before modifying the vehicle.
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Mr Whippy

posted on 22/9/14 at 11:29 AM Reply With Quote
involving the DVLA on a direct chassis swap only opens yourself to totally unnecessary pain and additional cost, why put yourself through all that just for some paper pusher like this to whack a stap on...



Duplicate the old chassis number on the new chassis and job done, you don’t want to put a 2cv based anything through a IVA anyway and defeats the purpose of using a unmodified chassis in the first place

[Edited on 22/9/14 by Mr Whippy]

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ianhurley20

posted on 22/9/14 at 09:36 PM Reply With Quote
I replaced the chassis on my 2CV over three days - same as my local 2CV specialist does, why bother with numbers? I don't think the old one had any numbers stamped in it, it was too rotten anyway to tell. The new one didn't have any but the original numbers stayed on the body tub.
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