liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 3/8/15 at 08:58 AM |
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Age Related Plate-Chassis
I'm building a Midlana-ish middy using the wheels hubs, uprights, brakes and rack from a mk1 mx5. The engine and trans is from my old 02 MG zr
160.
I would like to avoid having Q plate if possible (I have a reason). So my understanding is that with an amateur built chassis I might get an age
related with the engine and trans from the MG. Is that right?
The terminology on the DVLA website states that the chassis must be from a specialist manufacturer, I know folks have had age related plates with home
built chassis. Is my chassis likely to be the problem here???
[Edited on 3/8/15 by liam.mccaffrey]
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micksalt
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| posted on 3/8/15 at 09:16 AM |
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A trick I've seen is to get the MX-5 V5 updated with a new engine (in this case, the MG engine), then the Mazda/MG mutant is the single donor
vehicle for the purposes of the age-related plate. Engine and gearbox are major parts, so I suspect they score very highly in the DVLA age
determination algorithms.
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adithorp
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| posted on 3/8/15 at 09:44 AM |
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As DVLA no longer inspect the cars prior to reguistration (relying on IVA to check the engine/chassis numbers) how would they know what the rest of
the bits came from... other than the form you fill in?
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
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