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Hi Sorton. Thank you for making yourself known. You have made me feel so much better,knowing that I am not the only one lagging behind. I have been building an E30 2.5 sportster on and off (mostly off) since 2004. Unfortunately have had several major interruptions, not least 2 bouts of serious illness and the car has, literally, been under wraps for some time now.
I had got to the stage where I had her running and had started fitting body work but, sadly, that all seems a long time ago. It's only recently that I have even been able to think about getting back to it and I am almost too scared to uncover her for fear of what I might find but I am hoping to soon be in a position to do so. When I do, I will be calling on everyone for support, so watch this space!
If you take all the right paperwork to the DVLA they will give you the tax disc and the numberplate form there and then, get the plates made up and off u go!
Tim - what paperwork do I need to take / fill in? The DVLA / DirectGov website isn't the easiest to navigate, and I haven't found anything on there to help so far...
Obviously the IAC certificate. I seem to remember a built up vehicle form? You know, the one where you list all the major components from the donor to allow you to register it with an age related plate...
Hi Sorton, I'm just over the border in Somerset and IVA'ed and registered a Sierra absed carbrio. There's a BMW powered Sportster that lives near Shaftesbury.
My 13mm spanner seem to turn into 12 or 14 when I put it down so it never fits the nut. As for my 17mm socket......
Hi Jason,
Jumped over your last post.
You need to fill out a V55/5. I think you can't download this form as it has carbon paper copies. There are way too many questions on it to answer, so I phoned Swansea and they told me which sections you had to complete.
You have to take with you a bundle of documentation to prove who you are when they examine the car. Passport and utility bill etc.
Be prepared to argue that you need an age related plate. If I had not stuck my heels in I would have got a 'Q'.
Also they insist that the vehicle it trailored to the examination. Makes no sense at all as you have already driven it legally to the IVA test, but rules is rules mien furher!
If you still have it take along the log book for the donor. I had this and it meant I didn't have any problem getting an age related plate. They "confiscated" the log book after saying that they would register it as scrapped. It's the one cock-up in the whole process as I still get reminders for the tax! I must get around to sorting that out....
Yeah - I still have the donor log book - It's what I used as proof of the engine age so the IVA tester knew which emission standard to apply.
I'll ring DVLA Northampton tomorrow and get them to send me out the V55/5, and start getting quotes for a low loader to take me down to the office for the inspection.
If you phone DVLA at Swansea and explain you want to register a Kit Car they will send you a full pack of forms and instruction leaflets on how to fill them in. I think contacting the local offices seems to be a bit hit and miss depending on who answers the 'phone.
It's a bit tedious, but I followed the instructions and had no issues, start to finish. The rule about having to trailer the car is just a bit of nonsence red tape. I've often wondered what they would do if you just turned up in the car park with the car. They don't see you arrive or leave because they are inside in the office!
If you're like me, the grin will return when the shop assistant hands you your very own number plates!
The DVLA documentation I got was very insistant that you did not drive the car to the inspection, to the point that they inferred that unless they could see it on a trailer they would abandon the inspection.
The other issue you could have is with Plod. The appointment letter for going to and from the IVA has a 'get out of jail free' statement stating you can drive the unlicenced and unregistered vehicle to the test. You are not covered by it going to DVLA and you could get donked for it.
I was stopped by Plod coming back from IVA re-test, and they got very excited thinking they had caught a right villan. Fortuanately the VOSA documentation trumped them.
Yes Mike, call me Sorton. With a surname like Jones I needed something different and it is one of my christian names. I have of course been called other things as well!!! I will probably try and record my build progress somehow but first I am off on holiday.
Chris, I have been following David's (Shaftesbury) build for some time and went down to Exeter to help with and observe his SVA. In my view a very helpful experience. He told me about your Cabrio build so I will be in contact when I get back to arrange a meet. Incidentally, my first Marlin contact was John in Sherborne who built the purple M50, now sold on.
Alfie, I am in North Dorset, are you anywhere near?
Hi Sorton. Not a million miles away. I am in the Blackdown Hills halfway between Taunton and Honiton. Had a quick peek at car today.... not as disastrous as I expected. Have set myself goal of getting back to it properly next month (crumbly body permitting!). There are IVA issues to address, like new seats with head rests and alterations to bumpers and rear wings but,with luck, I will get there.
Alfie - If they're any use to you, you can have my wing extensions I made to get me through. They drop down below the 150mm plane on the Gooster, but it will depend on where your wings are (everyone's are slightly different).
Alfie - If they're any use to you, you can have my wing extensions I made to get me through. They drop down below the 150mm plane on the Gooster, but it will depend on where your wings are (everyone's are slightly different).
Hi Jason. Very good of you to offer and may take you up on that but am some way off that point yet. I was really just thinking out loud yesterday. Before I put things on hold, I had got as far as fitting scuttle,doors,A panels,nose,bonnet sides and shaping one bonnet panel. I have not yet fitted rear wings and still have to sort out ride height and rear springs. Before I do any of that I have to sort out and organise my garage/workshop.(A house move was another of my interruptions!)
Forthcoming is my wedding next fri-had hoped to have finished the car for that, but alas wasnt to be.The gooster result is fabulous, and also more builders now getting started-I hope to finish asap after return from honeymoon!!!
Good luck Jeremy, Don't worry about getting married AND building a kit, mine passed it's SVA 8days before my wedding (talk about long nights leading up to it!) and blew the engine 7days before my wedding!!
Quick question - DVLA man - is he likely to know that things may have 'dropped off' the car in between IVA and the inspection? Or in other words, can I take my ugly wing extensions off now?
Also, is there a minimum reflector spacing post IVA/SVA?
That was what I used to set out the lights and reflectors for the test, which states that you can't have your reflectors less than 600mm apart. I was planning on making up a number plate carrier which had the nice lucas replica reflectors I've got bolted to the bottom - but they wouldn't be 600mm apart...
