(01-10-2017, 02:16 PM)Derek Sheldon Wrote: I can't help but wonder why nobody has mentioned the hassle he will get with the DVLA when it comes to registering, unless of course it's for off road use ?
Hello, I've kept up to date with this debate and have seen the resolution. I am au fait with all sides of registration as I build my own cars and regularly obtain age related registration numbers.
regards
Arthur
(30-09-2017, 09:30 PM)Nick Lettington Wrote: This could get messy...
Welcome and good luck.
I don't expect it to get messy at all. The problems that builders of this type of car had over the past few years have now been resolved, I have seen the correspondence.
regards
Arthur
(01-10-2017, 12:00 PM)Martin Prior Wrote:(30-09-2017, 09:35 PM)Zetomagneto Wrote: Why,Nick?
It may have something to do with the ethics nowadays of using a complete car to build a special.
I for one am waiting for the sparks to start flying!
I don't quite understand your reply!
There is nothing wrong whatsoever with rebuilding/building a "special" on a vintage chassis....unless you are one of those "rose tinted" preserved in aspic type of chap?!
There are many "Ulsters"/EA sports "replicas" around and undergoing build, and magnificent they are....if a certain Mr Chapman hadn't developed from an A7 special, we wouldn't have had the Lotus 6/7, would we?
Incidentally in my previous life, some 30 odd years ago when I operated an overseas removal company, I moved a certain Edward Lewis to Menorca. EL had been Chapman's test driver for both the Lotus 6 & 7.
regards
Arthur
(01-10-2017, 01:15 PM)Nick Lettington Wrote: Why welcome him? Because of the friendly nature of the forum... Why good luck? Because he may need it whilst looking for all the bits he'll need for a half decent Uster replica... Why messy? I'm not sure... Just a feeling that not everyone on a friends of the seven site will welcome the starting point for this build, when so little of a late Ruby will ultimately be suitable...
Another very odd, slightly vitriolic reply!
Let me "annoy" you even further!
I'm not even going to use the A7 engine/gearbox, though might just rebuild it all so that it can go back in. I have 2 Reliant 850 engines/gearboxes and will be using one in this car, again, as you well know, the reliant side valve engine was effectively developed from the A7 engine, therefore the more modern OHV 850 engine can be considered a "distant cousin", and Reliant engines are accepted by the 750MC.
I even have in mind an A7 three wheeler special using a Rod Yates body....why....because I can and I am a nutter who simply enjoys aesthetic shapes and likes to tinker about. Registration will be a different issue with this one, but I know I get there.
regards
Arthur
(01-10-2017, 01:23 PM)Ruairidh Dunford Wrote: One other point Arthur - I would recommend getting the rad. surround prior to Rod making the bonnet, they can vary in shape slightly.
Yes, thanks for that, I've seen Rod's buck/jig for the surround, but I thought it best to get one prior to him commencing the bonnets. The body is due next month, Rod is just 30 mins away from me. I like his "old school" simplistic approach all round. I get my bonnet halves cnc cut and louvred, then I bend them initially around a special cone, then around 6" and 3" plastic drain pipes. For my cars, I could almost bend these in my sleep.
regards
Arthur
(01-10-2017, 04:52 PM)Duncan Grimmond Wrote: Kit cars generally will get an age-related registration as long as they can fulfil the required "original components" criteria, i.e. engine,transmission, steering, brakes, suspension etc. which will represent a majority from one vehicle.
If it falls short it will be designated a Q plate.
As an avid trike fan I've seen his site before and it looks like a good quality build despite incorporating some GRP body parts. I've not seen one in the flesh but would very much like to.
The BRA trike which I think inspired this was a close second for me when was looking but I went for the Pembleton instead as, among other reasons, there was more sheetmetal work to tickle my fancy.
I also find FWD is far superior on a trike and I believe Mr. BSA did a better job than Mr. Morgan who shamelessly copied the BSA with his F-types.
Enough sparks....?
Hi Duncan
I've seen your name many times on the Pembleton forum of course. I did in fact order a kit many years back, paid my deposit, but when the time came to pay the balance, I'd run out of money, and had to let it go!
I sold off a phenomenal amount of Citroen spares to a chap who has 14 2CVs (forgotten his name) but he organises 2CV runs/raids/tours down through France and Spain. I built a number of CV3 kits, but as I hated the design, I stopped it. I bought both BRA companies and developed the motorcycle side tremendously, in fact my chassis/body is totally different in all respects now and I run solely Moto Guzzi big twin drive-trains.
Now, an air cooled A7 Guzzi powered 4 or even 3 wheeled car would also be good.
Actually to correct you if I may, Morgan didn't copy BSA. BSA had an air cooled V twin plus a 4 cylinder engine in their three wheelers, whereas Morgan went straight in with a 4 cylinder Ford side valve engine. The respective bodies were totally dissimilar , but both cars were and are certainly magnificent.
I recently chopped the grp body off a Reliant Rialto and can still drive the chassis around. This is my 850cc engine test bed for my A7 specials.
Nothing wrong with grp of course, many "special" bodies were made out of grp in the 1950s for A7s with rotten bodies, and these have become classics. Think of the Turner car, all grp with a Coventry Climax engine...then the Daimler SP250. No doubt, had we had grp in WW2, might we have had some interesting aircraft partially made with the stuff...the Mosquito and the Arado 240 to mind...and what a bomb the Me 163 might have been with a grp body...as if it wasn't already with its C-Stoff and T-Stoff fuels!
Blimey, all I wanted was info on surrounds, but forums generate good banter!
regards
Arthur