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Jerry · 09-15-05, 04:30 PM

hi Charlie,
Im nearing the end of the build of my RF and will be ready to sva this year.The vast majority of the components suplied with the kit will pass the sva test with no problems at all.
The sharp edges on the fuel filler caps(a problem on all makes of gt40 replicas) are very easily sorted by simplly radiusing to 2.5mm any sharp edge with a very fine file then rebuffing. ive done the same with the door-handles so these will not be a future problem. As for wheel spinners the SVA bible says no wing-nuts on the wheels, so ive made a set of nuts just to get it through the test.All 40s will have a problem with the two left-hand toggle switches as they are not within the "included area" behind the steering wheel(thats about 125mm each side of the wheel). BMW got around this problem on the new mini by fitting a loop over the switch-im doing roughly the same.
The other few things that required a smallamount of fiddling with were -the reverse lights nad to be rotated by 90degrees so the "top" marked on the lense was at the top,and the heads of the cap heads in the steering wheel boss shortened by 1mm so they protruded less than 5mm and therfor only needed a radius of 1.5mm and not 2.5.All edges have to be radiused so a carefull build wiil elimate these as its progressed.
The RF kit is the one id definatly recomend. its been an absolute joy to build and the quality of it is outstanding. i cant praise it enough, and the aftersales service from Rick Chattell in the UK and Robert Logan in Oz is faultless.

hope this helps you- any questions please feel free to ask
Jerry

09-15-05, 04:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jerry jerry A Tenth Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Someret,England GT40: Roaring Forties Posts: 124 Rep Power: 6	Re: SVA Testing in Uk hi Charlie, Im nearing the end of the build of my RF and will be ready to sva this year.The vast majority of the components suplied with the kit will pass the sva test with no problems at all. The sharp edges on the fuel filler caps(a problem on all makes of gt40 replicas) are very easily sorted by simplly radiusing to 2.5mm any sharp edge with a very fine file then rebuffing. ive done the same with the door-handles so these will not be a future problem. As for wheel spinners the SVA bible says no wing-nuts on the wheels, so ive made a set of nuts just to get it through the test.All 40s will have a problem with the two left-hand toggle switches as they are not within the "included area" behind the steering wheel(thats about 125mm each side of the wheel). BMW got around this problem on the new mini by fitting a loop over the switch-im doing roughly the same. The other few things that required a smallamount of fiddling with were -the reverse lights nad to be rotated by 90degrees so the "top" marked on the lense was at the top,and the heads of the cap heads in the steering wheel boss shortened by 1mm so they protruded less than 5mm and therfor only needed a radius of 1.5mm and not 2.5.All edges have to be radiused so a carefull build wiil elimate these as its progressed. The RF kit is the one id definatly recomend. its been an absolute joy to build and the quality of it is outstanding. i cant praise it enough, and the aftersales service from Rick Chattell in the UK and Robert Logan in Oz is faultless. hope this helps you- any questions please feel free to ask Jerry