On May 5, 4:45=A0pm, "Kwyjibo" <kwyj...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On May 5, 1:59 pm, "Kwyjibo" <kwyj...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> 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
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> >> ADRs have to be met (noise, emissions etc.), or are any exempt when
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> >> at low volume vehicles?
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> >> Also - are British motor vehicle approval standards similar to ours?
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> >> major differences? (the car I'm interested in is a kit car
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> >> the UK and it currently meets their standards)
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> >> Kwyj.
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> > 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.
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> Unless yamaha have started making bikes with small block chev V8s, I
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> > Perhaps more info on the car in question?
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> It's an Ultima GTR. Mid engined and takes a small block chev with a
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> http://www.ultimas****ts.co.uk/gtr/design.html
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Well, not a ye-olde SBC, but an LS1 (or 2 or whatever)
There's an Australian distributor for those up in QLD. In fact, IIRC,
Dick Johnston had something to do with them - he definitely ran one in
Targa Tasmania for a couple of years. IIRC, for some reason (perhaps
Dickie's connection to Ford) they ran the new Ford quad-cam V8 rather
than the LS1 that was standard in England.
Lovely car, I love the styling on their "Can-am" spyder, myself.
Cheers,
Steve
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