help needed with registering a Spartan in France

filbayliss · #1 8th March 2009, 17:52

Hi

I am the events coordinator for The Spartan Owners Club

http://www.spartan-oc.co.uk/

I have been emailed by a Frenchman who has bought a Spartan in the UK and is having trouble registering it in France. Can anybody help him please?

Thanks

Phil Bayliss

limpabit · #2 9th March 2009, 05:02

I'm not sure of the in's or outs of registering in France.

But I know from conversation with MarlinTurbo on here, that France is not kit car friendly.

So much so that when moving to France, he sold his car rather than try to register it out there.

Please post back once you have found the details though.

filbayliss · #3 9th March 2009, 05:05

Will be happy to share the info, always providing I find it!!

Fil

peterux · #4 9th March 2009, 09:41

Has he tried here?.............

http://kitcar.bb-fr.com/

my french is not good but i can see questions about registartion and homologation.........

http://kitcar.bb-fr.com/administratif-f28/

filbayliss · #5 9th March 2009, 17:31

Thanks for the link to the French Kit Car site, I have passed it on to Dominique. I think a problem for him will be that the site seems to be about sevens and both Caterham and Westfield have homologated their cars so they can be registered in the EU. But surely there must be other kits in France?

Fil

filbayliss · #6 11th March 2009, 06:24

Hi

A couple who emigrated to France in 1991 with their Spartan have been in touch. They only managed to register their Spartan recently after it became 30 years old! They just couldn't do it before. They did it with their French insurance broker and this historic vehicle organisation.

http://www.ffve.org/content/view/81/2/

The site is in French only but if you live in France your insurance broker will help you. Actually they had registered their Spartan before but as a Triumph Herald, which is what it says on the log book. But if they had had an accident who knows if they would have been insured?!

Hope this helps someone.

Fil

GreatOldOne · #7 11th March 2009, 07:23

Can't he just keep it registered in the UK, and keep UK plates on it?

My wifes old boss had his M6 registered in Germany and had German plates on it all the time he owned it...

After all, we're all one big happy European family now...

filbayliss · #8 26th April 2009, 19:49

Hi

Update and latest news!

The Spartan is registered as a Triumph and The Heritage Motor Museum (Available here)

http://www.heritage-motor-centre.co....ge-/index.html

Have supplied Dominique with the necessary original paperwork to allow it to be registered in France. Hurrah I here you all say!!

However he has to have the French equivalent of the MOT before he can drive it but he says "i haven't got the Girdle of meter and i don't now how to connect it" Anybody got any ideas what he means by this?

Fil

GreatOldOne · #9 26th April 2009, 20:18

Is he talking about a flexible drive shaft for a mechanically driven speedo?

filbayliss · #10 26th April 2009, 22:11

Possibly, I did wonder if it was about the speedo. I have asked him to send it to me in French. We are twinned with a French town and they are visiting us this week. Joel works for Renault so he should know what it is if Dominique sends the sentance in French.

Fil

filbayliss · #11 26th April 2009, 22:15

This is an email from our freinds son who is studing French at university.

"With my limited knowledge of French mechanic vocabulary, all I can guess at is that your friend has mistranslated "ceinture" to 'girdle', as it also means 'belt' in English. Would a 'meter belt' work?!? Perhaps they mean the 'seat belt' - often just called a 'ceinture' in French.

That's all I can guess, I'm afraid."

Any help?
Fil

filbayliss · #12 28th April 2009, 17:01

Ok get your thinking caps on! This is the sentance I need translating:

la gaine de compteur kilometrique et ou elle se connecte mais aussi le compte tour

Anybody any ideas?

Fil

limpabit · #13 28th April 2009, 17:07

the sheath of meter kilometrique and or she is connected but also counts it turn

Sounds like a speedo meter that reads in kilometers and also counts in kilometers

JG · #14 28th April 2009, 17:14

I can't speak french for toffee but the online transaltors do seem to point to it being about the speedo. My guess is that it is using a Triumph dial which will be in MPH but he needs to connect up a new one in KM/PH to pass the French MOT.....at a guess

John

filbayliss · #15 5th May 2009, 19:52

Hi

Well after much discussion with our French visitors and various phone calls back to France to speak to mechanics, it turns out he needs the flexible drive for the speedo and where to connect it to! I was able to direct him to Rimmer Bros in Lincoln who carry a huge range of Triumph spares for the drive and it connects to the gearbox! Simple when you know what he's talking about!! The Great Old One was right all along!!

Thanks for all your help and advice, I for one have really enjoyed helping Dominique to get on the road with his Spartan.

Fil