Re: Registering a kit car in Australia

On Jul 17, 12:44=A0pm, "peterlonz" <peter...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> The individual "approvals" needed for Oz are too expensive to seriously
> contemplate for one off designs.
> There are a number of kitcar suppliers in Oz =A0& each has undertaken
thi=
s
> process so that the builder/purchaser does not have to.
> Effectively (as I understand things) they have "Type Approval".
> If in doubt contact several & they can give precise & accurate advice.
> Regarding the "Caterham", I am pretty sure there is an equivalent look
al=
ike
> offered in Oz, probably under license.
> Pete.
>
> "Saab C900 Viggenist" <c...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> > "Kwyjibo" <kwyj...@[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
curr=
ent
> >>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?
An=
y
> >>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
proces=
s.
>
> > Craig.
>
> > --
> > Craig's Saab C900 Page at =A0 =A0 =A0| Craig's Classic Saab Workshop -
=
Sydney
> > .au
> >http://lios.apana.org.au/~c900|http://www.classicsaab.netand
other
> > URL's
> > Email: c...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 =A0| For Saab 99/C900/9000 Enthusiasts
> > World-Wide!
> > Alternate: saabon...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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links,
> > etc.

At the risk of more or less repeating myself, there's an Australian
distributor for these cars.

http://www.caterham.com.au/contact.htm

and why have we revived a 3 month old thread?

Cheers,
Steve