fogey
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. . . a la Triumph Herald / Spitfire for example. Am I right in thinking that for the IVA these are a no no? Can't find anything that says as much in the manual but I'm sure I heard/read about it somewhere - or was it just a bad dream . . . ?
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fogey
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Er, Shameless bump . . . anyone?
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CIH
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 like that ? Not if it's strutural. Herald/Spitty etc were on a chassis and the bodywork plonked on top. You can do a clamshell conversion if you fabricate all the relevant structure but I imagine that would still warrant inspection. |
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Last Edit: Aug 9, 2011 22:57:36 GMT by CIH
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I made a flip front for my 1968 Reliant Regal Supervan III  The original front got damaged when I skidded on some diesel and it was easier to made a small subframe than bond on the front off a spares van. One day I'll scan a pic - looked a sight with tatty red body, brown doors and yellow / black front sanded down to primer in places. Never did get around to having it in one colour ! Paul H |
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bl1300
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Aug 10, 2011 16:18:02 GMT
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. . . a la Triumph Herald / Spitfire for example. Am I right in thinking that for the IVA these are a no no? Can't find anything that says as much in the manual but I'm sure I heard/read about it somewhere - or was it just a bad dream . . . ? I think I know where you read that as I vaguely remembered something about this in last months practical classics. Unfortunatly I am away from home so cant look it up exactly but this is the gist of what they said. Basicly the question asked whether someone would need an IVA to turn their MG Midget 1500 into a frog eye sprite replica. This was the anwser they where given that according to the mag came from VOSA. Yes this would require an IVA under the points rule, however it then went on to advice that if they where to simply fit the frog eye front end and leave the midget rear as is then it would not need an IVA. Paul |
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Current fleet.
1967 DAF 44
1974 VW Beetle 1303s
1975 Triumph Spitfire MkIV
1988 VW LT45 Beavertail
1998 Volvo V70 2.5
1959 Fordson Dexta
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Aug 26, 2011 19:12:17 GMT
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Hi, Thanks for the info, no plans to do anything interesting in this line but it's always good to know what the options are  Basicly the question asked whether someone would need an IVA to turn their MG Midget 1500 into a frog eye sprite replica. This was the anwser they where given that according to the mag came from VOSA. Yes this would require an IVA under the points rule, however it then went on to advice that if they where to simply fit the frog eye front end and leave the midget rear as is then it would not need an IVA. Basically confirms they don't regard removing structral strength (ie the original front wings) as a problem  Fitting a "factory issue" (frog eye) flip front is fine, but fitting a DIY flip front isn't  So I can mix-n-match parts from any production cars I like the look of and I don't need IVA ? Result ;D The advice does support various comment I have heard, basically ask 3 different officials and there's a good chance you'll get 3 conflicting replies  time for some inpirational goodness   ![]() img.ca.cars.cozot.com/pics/ca/2011/06/22/GMC-Other-Pickups-Automatic-Black-20110622232648.jpg[/img]  |
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