my son tom,s project car

[briggie]

it was / is a 1936 model y :nenau

 

[briggie]

the original engine ( 8hp :lol ) is fubared ..... so tom is fitting the engineand running gear from a mazda mx5 into it

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Was it known as a prefect aswell?

 

[briggie]

you would have to speak to tom about that , I had no idea what he was on about :lol ..... I believe it was called a ford koln in Germany , but tom has all the original paperwork :naughty...... and it says model y

 

[emjaybee]

the original engine ( 8hp :lol ) is fubared ..... so tom is fitting the engineand running gear from a mazda mx5 into it

Noooooooooooooooooo!

Small block Chevy V8.

It's the only way to fly.

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

you would have to speak to tom about that , I had no idea what he was on about :lol ..... I believe it was called a ford koln in Germany , but tom has all the original paperwork :naughty...... and it says model y

:lol it looks familiar that's all, company I worked for years ago had one, I had to drive it, starting handle, pneumatic wipers, rubbish lights and my stomach touched the steering wheel :lol oh yeh, it had brakes, but not as we know them

 

[briggie]

:lol it looks familiar that's all, company I worked for years ago had one, I had to drive it, starting handle, pneumatic wipers, rubbish lights and my stomach touched the steering wheel :lol oh yeh, it had brakes, but not as we know them

it has the mazda running gear , which includes the engine / gearbox axles and wheels ( including brakes )

 

[briggie]

after just speaking to tom , he says the engine in its current format ( no idea what he means :augie ) is around 140 bhp , which is a significant improvement from the original 8bhp one .

 

[briggie]

one thing my son said is its M.O.T. exempt ...... this cant be right surely ..... can it ? :nenau

 

[Sweety]

one thing my son said is its M.O.T. exempt ...... this cant be right surely ..... can it ? :nenau

Think it still needs to be MOT'ed IIRC but old cars like this they don't do emission tests it's by eye ie if it kicked out loads of smoke it would fail lol
I would love that as a project as to me it's crying out to become a nice hotrod with a roof chop & a nice big tuned V8 under the bonnet:clap

 

[briggie]

my son is adamant it is mot exempt ( as well as tax exempt obviously ) ....so I dunno :nenau

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Got this off gov.uk website


Exempt vehicles

Other vehicles that don’t need an MOT include:

cars and motorcycles made before 1960

goods vehicles powered by electricity

tractors


Clever lad, James Bond it

 

[firebobby]

Got this off gov.uk website


Exempt vehicles

Other vehicles that don’t need an MOT include:

cars and motorcycles made before 1960

goods vehicles powered by electricity

tractors


Clever lad, James Bond it

That's correct, any car made before 1960 is MOT exempt. not that that' a good thing though :doh

 

[don simon]

my son is adamant it is mot exempt ( as well as tax exempt obviously ) ....so I dunno :nenau

How much of it is going to be pre 1960? How long have they been making MX-5s?
Might be worth checking as.

 

[macabethiel]

Project Car

Problems may arise if it has not alread been registered in the UK (& has a current V5)and has been imported from Germany. Clearly it will have been built before type approval regulations came into force around 1972/3. There is a scheme called IVA individual vehicle approval if this is the case but this is a quite complicated process.

DVLA will inspect the vehicle at a VOSA inspection centre by appointment and check engine & chassis numbers against its original paperwork. If it has an engine from a Mazda they might treat it as a sort of kit car with a Q registration so it will not be tax & MoT exempt. Now that DVLA local offices have been closed you can't visit for advice but there may be a helpline.

I would be picking the brains of someone who restores Classic Cars that have been imported there are a few publications that might offer advice. You can easily make the error of restoring the vehicle and then finding out it needs to comply with a lot of more recent legislation. Either way it will probably need an engineers report to get insurance cover. It is one thing to know a vehicle is old quite another thing to prove it to the dreaded DVLA.

 

[briggie]

Problems may arise if it has not alread been registered in the UK (& has a current V5)and has been imported from Germany. Clearly it will have been built before type approval regulations came into force around 1972/3. There is a scheme called IVA individual vehicle approval if this is the case but this is a quite complicated process.

DVLA will inspect the vehicle at a VOSA inspection centre by appointment and check engine & chassis numbers against its original paperwork. If it has an engine from a Mazda they might treat it as a sort of kit car with a Q registration so it will not be tax & MoT exempt. Now that DVLA local offices have been closed you can't visit for advice but there may be a helpline.

I would be picking the brains of someone who restores Classic Cars that have been imported there are a few publications that might offer advice. You can easily make the error of restoring the vehicle and then finding out it needs to comply with a lot of more recent legislation. Either way it will probably need an engineers report to get insurance cover. It is one thing to know a vehicle is old quite another thing to prove it to the dreaded DVLA.

all i know is it has the old black and white metal reg plate .... 3 letters and 2 numbers ( i think ) , tom has all the registration paperwork

 

[macabethiel]

Pleased to hear that - should be a lot easier if that is the case.

 

[briggie]

after speaking to tom today , he seems to think that the only thing he needs to change on the registration documents is the engine number / details , although he will send full details to dvla

 

[spinna]

Sweet project:thumb2.

 

[macabethiel]

Engine number changes

after speaking to tom today , he seems to think that the only thing he needs to change on the registration documents is the engine number / details , although he will send full details to dvla

In the good old days it was quite easy to notify change of engine number as I have done this a number of times when I ran a Mini Cooper in the 70's you just fill in the changes on the V5 form.

I suspect that now you have to provide an audit trail for such things so a receipt containing the engine number details might be required.