Re: Registering a kit car in Australia

<sgam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> On May 5, 1:59 pm, "Kwyjibo" <kwyj...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 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)
>>
>> --
>> Kwyj.
>
> There are others here more able to answer that than I, but one thing I
> can tell you: if it's got a motorbike engine in it, you can't get it
> registered in Victoria.

Unless yamaha have started making bikes with small block chev V8s, I think
I 
should be okay on that issue :-)

>
> Perhaps more info on the car in question?

It's an Ultima GTR. Mid engined and takes a small block chev with a
****sche 
transaxle. Apparently all welding is performed at the factory. All you
need 
is basic hand tools to assemble the thing, then I'd assume specialists to 
set up wheel alignment etc.

http://www.ultimas****ts.co.uk/gtr/design.html

-- 
Kwyj.