Re: Registering a kit car in Australia

Saab C900 Viggenist wrote:
> "Atheist Chaplain" <abused@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> 
>> "Saab C900 Viggenist" <c900@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
>> news:fvo3e6$mlp$2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> "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?

You can buy locally complianced Morgans from dealers in Australia, AFAIK 
there is a Morgan dealer in Maldon Vic.


Daryl