"Saab C900 Viggenist" <c900@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Atheist Chaplain" <abused@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
>>"Saab C900 Viggenist" <c900@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>> "Kwyjibo" <kwyjibo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>>>
>>>>I'm wondering if anyone has any experience in getting a (new) kit car
>>>>registered in Australia - Specifically Victoria? Do we have anything
>>>>similar
>>>>to the single vehicle approvals available in the US and UK? Do all
>>>>current
>>>>ADRs have to be met (noise, emissions etc.), or are any exempt when
>>>>looking
>>>>at low volume vehicles?
>>>
>>>>Also - are British motor vehicle approval standards similar to ours?
Any
>>>>major differences? (the car I'm interested in is a kit car
manufactured
>>>>in
>>>>the UK and it currently meets their standards)
>>>
>>> I think cars from the UK would be about the closest match when it
comes
>>> to
>>> meeting ADR's for something that's actually designed to meet UK
>>> regulations
>>> (which are probably EU-wide ones these days?).
>>>
>>> I've wondered about this myself since I keep an eye on the Caterham
>>> website,
>>> etc. and have been curious to know if anyone in Oz has a Caterham
that's
>>> been im****ted here and built locally then complied/insured/registered,
>>> or
>>> im****ted fully-built and put through the approval/insurance/rego
>>> process.
>>>
>>> Craig.
>>>
>
>>My daughters boyfriends father recently im****ted a Morgan from the UK
last
>>year, it was a brand new Roadster in British Racing Green.
>>it is fully registered and insured in NSW. While I haven't gone for a
>>drive
>>in it yet, I have sat in it and then cleaned the drool off the tan
leather
>>seats :-)
>
> Now that would be a really nice vehicle to drive! It looks horrible on
> land
> rovers, but 'british racing green' suits roadster-type vehicles
perfectly.
>
> Do you know what had to be done for it to be registered and insured
here?
> Was it a simple matter of paperwork or was a full engineering
inspection,
> etc. needed along with a drawn out process of chasing up government
> officials to get the right certifications?
>
> Craig.
>
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I'm not sure, I will ask the next time I see him, and this time I hope
there
is time to go for a spin :-)
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